Phytoremediation

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

notSelectivity or separation factor, a, which can also be viewed as simply the relative retention ratio for the two analytes:

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Chromatography columns are considered to consist of a number of adjacent zones in each of which there is sufficient space for an analyte to completely equilibrate between the two phases, Each zone is called a theoretical plate (having no N).

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The length of column containing one theoretical plate is referred to as the plate height, H, which has units of length normally in micrometers.

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Plate height is simply related to the width of the analyte peak, expressed in terms of its standard deviation s , and the distance it travelled within the column, x. Specifically

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The smaller the value of H and the greater the value of N, the more efficient is the column in separating a mixture of analytes.

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

The number of theoretical plates in the whole column of length L is equal to L divided by the plate height: