Journal
ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 25, Issue 20, Pages 3387-3397Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/elps.200406059
Keywords
capillary electrophoresis; cell geometry; contactless conductivity detection; frequency behavior; inorganic cations
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A better understanding of the characteristics of the axial contactless conductivity cell could be obtained by carefully studying the effect of the cell geometry on its frequency behavior. A good fit between theoretical and experimental results shows that the axial contactless conductometric detector can effectively be described by the simplest possible equivalent circuitry consisting of a capacitor, resistor, and a second capacitor. The cell constant is largely defined by the length of the gap between the electrodes. The effective electrode size is thus not related to the dimensions of the real electrodes but more closely to the cross-sectional area of the internal diameter of the capillary. Typical experimental values of 20 MOmega and 0.1 pF were obtained for the resistance and capacitances, respectively, of a cell formed by a 2 mm gap between two 4 mm long electrodes fitted with a capillary of 50 mum ID. It could be shown that the diameter of the electrode is not critical and tight coupling of the electrodes to the outer wall of the capillary is not needed. The peak overshoot phenomenon, which has frequently been reported, is an artefact that can be minimized by optimizing the frequency for cell excitation. The frequency setting has to be optimized for each cell design, operational amplifier, electrolyte solution and capillary.
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