The investigation of parallel‐column systems in gel permeation chromatography
The investigation of parallel‐column systems in gel permeation chromatography
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凝胶渗透色谱平行柱系统的研究
DOI:
10.1002/polc.5070210120
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发表时间:
2007
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J. Pacco
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作者:
D. F. Alliet;J. Pacco
Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is a new technique for characterizing the molecular weight distribution of polymeric materials. The separation of species is based upon the depth to which each molecular species in a polymer will diffuse into a crosslinked polystyrene gel. The selection of the proper gel to use for separating molecular species depends upon the degree of homogeneity in a polymer. For a better understanding of the separating ability of the various gels an investigation was carried out, to establish the molecular weight limitations of gel porosities in the 105, 104, and 103 A. ranges. The study was carried out with a series of anionically polymerized, narrow molecular weight, standard polystyrenes, which have been characterized by light scattering and membrane and vapor-pressure osmometry. Molecular weight distribution curves, called chromatograms, are characteristically described in terms of average molecular weights: weight-average molecular weight Mw and number-average molecular weight Mn. The range of distribution ratios Mw/Mn is quite large in synthetic polymers. To give the weight average or number average from a GPC chromatogram, the average chain lengths have to be multiplied by a Q factor, the molecular weight per angstrom of equivalent straight-chain length. The results for narrow molecular weight distributions show that the separating ability of the 105, 104, and 103 A. gels is limited to specific ranges of molecular weight. The 104 A. column system gave the best correlation of results between GPC and the absolute methods.