Effective plates per second

We first note the very large differences in column performance for the two methods. Effective plates per second represents the speed characteristics of a column (e.g., the number of plates that can be generated in a given time interval) (13). As can be seen, HPLC is 100 to 1000 times faster than classTcal LC. (We shall discuss the differences between PLB and PB in the next section.) This improved performance arises mainly from the use of significantly smaller particle sizes in HPLC. Moreover, in classical LC, the mobile phase is delivered to the column by gravity feed, hence, the very low mobile phase velocities. In HPLC, it is desireable to improve performance... 

Resolution and analysis time being interrelated,. effective plates per second, is sometimes a better criterion for comparing column performance. 

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