Carbon loading

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001643",
  "term": "Carbon loading",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The amount of carbonaceous material present in a chromatographic stationary phase, expressed as a percentage of the total mass of the packing material. This value indicates the density of the organic ligands bonded to the support, which influences the retention characteristics of analytes. Higher carbon loading generally leads to increased retention for nonpolar compounds in reversed-phase liquid chromatography.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "mass fraction",
    "packing"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1997, 69, 1475. 'Classification and characterization of stationary phases for liquid chromatography: Part I. Descriptive terminology (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)' on page 1477 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199769071475)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/carbon-loading/"
}