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DEAD VOLUME [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

The volume occupied by the mobile phase between the effective injection point and the detection point less the bed volume: i.e. any section of the chromatographic flow system in which diffusion of solutes can occur without separation.

OBS

The term dead volume often defines the volume occupied by the mobile phase between the lower level of the bed and either the outlet of the column or the detection point.

OBS

dead volume: abbreviation V[subscript]d. extra-column volume: abbreviation V[subscript]ext.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Chimie analytique
DEF

[...] temps pour que le soluté parcoure tous les éléments [de l'appareil (injecteur, colonne, détecteur, raccords)] pendant lequel s'est écoulé un volume de gaz porteur.

PHR

volume mort des cellules.

PHR

faible volume mort.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Química analítica
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