Liquid Chromatography Detectors

R.P.W. Scott (Eds.)0444415807, 9780444415806

The renaissance of liquid chromatography took place in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The first edition of this book published in 1977 described the detectors that were available at that time and which provided a performance matching that of the contemporary equipment with which they were associated. It is interesting to note that the most popular detectors then (the UV detector, the refractometer detector, the fluorescence detector and the electrical conductivity detector) are still the most commonly used detectors nearly a decade later. Detector design, however, has changed very significantly over the intervening years. Modern high efficiency columns provide very narrow peaks and very fast separations, and thus the physical design of the detectors had to change to meet these new challenges. In 1977, there was little real understanding of the important role played by the detector in the overall function of the chromatographic system and although some of the factors were pointed out in the first edition of this book, in retrospect they appeared to be little understood. This second edition gives an entirely new presentation of the subject of liquid chromatography detectors.

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Table of contents :
Content:
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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Introduction
Page ix
R.P.W. Scott

Chapter 1 History, Function and Classification of Detectors
Pages 1-4

Chapter 2 Performance Criteria of LC Detectors
Pages 5-20

Chapter 3 Detector Characteristics that Affect Column Performance
Pages 21-36

Chapter 4 Summary of Detector Criteria
Pages 37-40

Chapter 5 Ancillary Equipment
Pages 41-53

Chapter 1 General Characteristics of Bulk Property Detectors
Pages 55-58

Chapter 2 The Refractive Index Detector
Pages 59-67

Chapter 3 The Dielectric Constant Detector
Pages 69-78

Chapter 4 The Electrical Conductivity Detector
Pages 79-90

Chapter 5 Additional Bulk Property Detecting Systems
Pages 91-104

Chapter 1 Principles of Detection
Pages 105-108

Chapter 2 The Ultraviolet Absorption Detector
Pages 109-120

Chapter 3 The Fluorometric Detector
Pages 121-130

Chapter 4 The Polarographic Detector
Pages 131-138

Chapter 5 The Heat of Adsorption Detector
Pages 139-148

Chapter 6 The Spray Impact Detector
Pages 149-155

Chapter 7 The Radioactivity Detector
Pages 157-160

Chapter 8 The Electron Capture Detector
Pages 161-166

Chapter 9 Transport Detectors
Pages 167-179

Chapter 1 The Selection of the Appropriate Detector
Pages 181-186

Chapter 2 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
Pages 187-200

Chapter 3 Practical Hints on Detector Operation
Pages 201-208

Chapter 4 Special Detector Techniques
Pages 209-221

Chapter 5 Spectroscopic Detectors
Pages 223-245

Index
Pages 247-248