Abstract

Spherical crosslinked polystyrene gel particles have been separated by air classification into fractions having average particle diameters in the range 10–40 μm. The particle size distributions have been shown to be narrow by Coulter Counter measurements. G.p.c. column performance improves as the average particle diameter decreases and columns packed with gel fractions having a number-average particle diameter below 20 μm give plate counts in excess of 3000 plates per foot. Plate height results as a function of eluent flow rate suggest that chromatogram broadening due to mobile phase dispersion is reduced in columns packed with spherical particles having a narrow size distribution.

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