Why do retention times of isomers correlate with their boiling points?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By alan hale on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 01:38 am:

Why do retention times of isomers correlate with their boiling points?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:18 am:

Short answer, a non-polar column is being used which primarily separates compounds based on boiling point with little interaction with the phase. Different results may be obtained on columns of different polarities.


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