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Plate number

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-009029

A dimensionless measure of the efficiency of a chromatographic column, representing the number of theoretical plates in the column. A higher plate number indicates a more efficient column, resulting in better separation of components. It is calculated from the retention time and peak width of a component.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-009029
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesPAC, 1993, 65, 819. 'Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 847 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365040819)
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "references": [
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