Abstract

The existence of a cathodic EOF (electroosmotic flow) in the case of a porous graphitic carbon (PGC) partially packed column has been demonstrated. Then, the ability of PGC to afford electroosmosis has been brought to the fore with a fully PGC packed column. Experimental data have shown that PGC particles are negatively charged and their electrophoretic mobility has been evaluated. In order to investigate the conditions of existence of EOF different mobile phases have been tested. An EOF occurs when the conductivity of the PGC packed column is larger than the conductivity of an empty fused-silica capillary operating in the same conditions i.e. when the PGC participates in the electric conduction. Since the local electric fields in the two segments of the column are different, an evaluation of the electroosmotic mobility is not possible and the effect of the operational parameters such as the composition of the mobile phase (acetonitrile ratio and total ionic strength) has been studied in term of electroosmotic velocity v eo.

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