Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1216, Issue 20, Pages 4377-4382Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2009.02.058
Keywords
Molecular diffusivity; Peak parking method; Mass transfer kinetics; Moment analysis; Taylor method; Wilke-Chang equation
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The combination of series of measurements of band broadening made with the peak parking (PP) method, using successively an open capillary tube and a HPLC column, gives a convenient procedure for the measurement of the molecular diffusivity (D-m) of compounds in solutions, of their axial dispersion coefficient (D-ax,D-m) in chromatographic columns, and of the tortuosity or obstructive factor of the column bed. The molecular cliffusivity measured for benzene in methanol was in excellent agreement with literature data. The ratio of the axial dispersion coefficient to this diffusivity gives the obstructive factor (gamma(m)) of the packed bed. which was 0.74 for the column used. The values of D-m in other solutions were obtained from the D-ax,D-m values measured by the PP method, by correcting the D-ax,D-m values with the gamma(m) value. The D-m values determined by this method were in good agreement with those previously reported or estimated using literature correlations. These results showed that the PP method is effective for the experimental measurement of D-m. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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