A Novel Stationary Phase for Light Alkanes Separation in Microfabricated Silicon Gas Chromatography Columns
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This paper presents a novel stationary phase for silicon microfabricated columns for gas chromatographic (GC) separation of light alkanes. Coated columns show an excellent efficiency, up to 8000 theoretical plates per meter and enable complete separation of light isomeric alkanes. An optimized column, with a thicker deposition, even enables the fast separation of a natural gas like mixture of light isomeric alkanes C1 to C5 in less than 30 seconds.
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