effective theoretical plate number

of a chromatographic column

A number indicative of column performance when resolution is taken into account:

$N = 16 R s 2 ( 1 − α ) 2$

where $R s$ is the peak resolution and $α$ is the separation factor.

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

Last update: 2014-02-24; version: 2.3.3.

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