Abstract
Poppe plots provide a clear and unambiguous way to discuss the performance limits of separation systems. The effects of particle size, pressure drop and column permeability can be illustrated using such plots. The performance limits of size-exclusion chromatography are of interest, due to developments in combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput experimentation. In these fields, fast separations of high-molecular-weight analytes are required. In this paper, Poppe plots will be presented for size-exclusion chromatography. Because of the very high-reduced velocities encountered, the Poppe plots are found to be significantly different from those commonly observed in HPLC. Fast separations in size-exclusion chromatography are not as unfavourable as suggested by conventional theory. The results are based on experimental data obtained for a wide range of polystyrenes (1.7–3.25 kDa) using THF as mobile phase, but may be equally valid in other cases.
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