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In a chromatographic analysis of lemon oil a peak for limonene has a retention time of 8.36 min with a baseline width of 0.96 min. y-Terpinene elutes at 9.54 min, with a baseline width of 0.64 min. What is the resolution between the two peaks ... 

In a chromatographic analysis of low-molecular-weight acids, butyric acid elutes with a retention time of 7.63 min. The column s void time is 0.31 min. Calculate the capacity factor for butyric acid. 

A chromatographic analysis for the chlorinated pesticide Dieldrin gives a peak with a retention time of 8.68 min and a baseline width of 0.29 min. How many theoretical plates are involved in this separation Given that the column used in this analysis is 2.0 meters long, what is the height of a theoretical plate ... 

The size selectivity of a particular packing is not infinite, but is limited to a moderate range. All solutes significantly smaller than the pores move through the column s entire volume and elute simultaneously, with a retention volume, Vj, of... 

Typical (a) gas and (b) liquid chromatograms. The charts show amounts (y-axis) of substance emerging from a column versus time (x-axis). The time taken (measured at the top of a peak) for a substance to elute is called a retention time. 

Calcium Absorption. Phytates in cereal grains have also been reported to interfere with the absorption of calcium. However, a long-term study indicated a retention of calcium in subjects that consume large amounts of bread made with high extraction of flour (19). 

Starch is a polysaccharide found in many plant species. Com and potatoes are two common sources of industrial starch. The composition of starch varies somewhat in terms of the amount of branching of the polymer chains (11). Its principal use as a flocculant is in the Bayer process for extracting aluminum from bauxite ore. The digestion of bauxite in sodium hydroxide solution produces a suspension of finely divided iron minerals and siUcates, called red mud, in a highly alkaline Hquor. Starch is used to settle the red mud so that relatively pure alumina can be produced from the clarified Hquor. It has been largely replaced by acryHc acid and acrylamide-based (11,12) polymers, although a number of plants stiH add some starch in addition to synthetic polymers to reduce the level of residual suspended soHds in the Hquor. Starch [9005-25-8] can be modified with various reagents to produce semisynthetic polymers. The principal one of these is cationic starch, which is used as a retention aid in paper production as a component of a dual system (13,14) or a microparticle system (15). 

Guar gum [9000-30-0] derived from the seed of a legume (11,16), is used as a flocculant in the filtration of mineral pulps leached with acid or cyanide for the recovery of uranium and gold (16). It is also used as a retention aid, usually in a chemically modified form (14,17). Starch and guar gum are subject to biological degradation in solution, so they are usually sold as dry powders that are dissolved immediately before use. Starch requires heating in most cases to be fully dissolved. 

ASA appears to be the active component of sulfasalazine without the sulfa component, and is free of the serious side effects seen with sulfasalazine. It is used orally, in a delay-release formulation, as a retention enema, and as a suppository. It is well tolerated in most patients. 

In the paper industry, PEO is widely used as a retention aid and pitch control agent in the newsprint industry (118—135). Typically, a phenol formaldehyde-type resin is added to the substrate before the addition of PEO. The chemical that is added before PEO has been referred to as an enhancer. Recent pubHcations on designing enhancers that work with PEO have resulted in expanding the use of PEO in flocculation of several substrates (128,129). 

Thus, if (tr) is the elution time (in seconds) of a solute having a retention volume (Vr), (ocq) is expressed as the change in flow rate per second, (At) is taken as 1 second and (nt) the number of seconds. 

Time refers to the retention time or residence which is the length of time that an organic is at the appropriate oxidation temperature. Roughly, if a 95% destruction efficiency is required, a residence time of a half a second is adequate. That is, the organic compound is brought up to a temperature of about 1400° F, and maintained at that temperature for a retention time of half a second. Both retention time and turbulence must be achieved, where turbulence is a term which implies a required degree of mixing. If the turbulence occurs and if the 1400° F for a half a second is... 

The task of synthesizing an optimal RON can be stated as follows For a given feed flowrate, Qf. and a feed concentration, Cp. it is desired to synthesize a minimum cost system of reverse osmosis modules, booster pumps and energy-recovery turbines Chat can separate the feed into two streams an environmentally acceptable permeate and a retentate (reject) stream in which the undesired species is concentrated. The permeate stream must meet two requirements ... 

This column exhibits a retention behavior for PMMA in toluene that is very similar to column No. 4, it is as if they contained identical column packings... 

Bond separation reactions such as (I) are examples of chemical changes in which there is a retention of the number of bonds of a given formal type, but with a change in their relationship to one another. Such reactions are often called isodesmic. 

These effects refer to the reconcentration obtained with an uncoated inlet. In fact, the term retention gap means a column inlet of a retention power lower than that of the analytical column. This retention gap is placed in front of the analytical column, thus allowing different reconcentration mechanisms to occur. 

Figure 2.12 Schematic representation of an on-line SPE-GC system consisting of three switching valves (VI-V3), two pumps (a solvent-delivery unit (SDU) pump and a syringe pump) and a GC system equipped with a solvent-vapour exit (SVE), an MS instrument detector, a retention gap, a retaining precolumn and an analytical column. Reprinted from Journal of Chromatography, AIIS, A. J. H. Eouter et al, Analysis of microcontaminants in aqueous samples hy fully automated on-line solid-phase extraction-gas chromatography-mass selective detection , pp. 67-83, copyright 1996, with permission from Elsevier Science.

A variation on the method of thermal modulation is the use of a length of eapillary eolumn eoated with a thiek film of stationary phase. At ambient oven temperatures, this results in a retention of semivolatile analytes, whieh may be subsequently released to the seeondary eolumn onee the trap is heated. The rapid eyeling time possible with this methodology has resulted in its eommon applieation as the intermediate trap in eomprehensive GC. 

The 300-ton inventory unit in Example 3-2 is changing catalyst type and planning to add 3.5 tons per day of new catalyst. Determine the percent of changeover after 60 days of operation. Assume a retention factor of 0.7. 

A high glucose concentration of 150 g l 1 was used in continuous fermentation with immobilised S. cerevisiae the obtained data for sugar consumption and ethanol production with retention time are shown in Figure 8.13. As the retention time gradually increased the glucose concentration chopped, while the ethanol concentration profile showed an increase. The maximum ethanol concentration of 47 g l 1 was obtained with a retention time of 7 hours. The yield of ethanol production was approximately 38% compared with batch data, where only an 8% improvement was achieved. 

Gas chromatographic analysis of the product (1.5 m. by 0.5 cm. glass column, KF-54 on Chromosorb W, 60-80 mesh) showed a single peak with a retention time of 2.60 minutes at 170°. 

The mineralocorticoids consist of aldosterone and des-oxycorticosterone and play an important role in conserving sodium and increasing die excretion of potassium. Because of diese activities, die mineralocorticoids are important in controlling salt and water balance Aldosterone is die more potent of these two hormones. Deficiencies of the mineralocorticoids result in a loss of sodium and water and a retention of potassium. 

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