Electrophoretic mobility basic principles

In the section General Principles, a comprehensive description is given of the basic principles of the capillary electrophoretic separation process. The concepts of electrophoretic mobility and electroosmotic mobility as well as band dispersion phenomena and resolution are described, using the equations listed in Table 3. A remarkable difference exists between the equations in both chapters in which the electroosmotic velocity and/or the electroosmotic mobility is used. In the Ph.Eur., the terms 4-feo and 4-/teo are used, whereas in the USP the terms feo and Pco are used in the corresponding equations, with the sentence added The sum or the difference between the two velocities (v p and v o) is used depending on whether the mobilities act in the same or opposite directions. ... 

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