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normalized measure of gas chromatographic retention, interpolated logarithmically between bracketing n-alkanes assigned 100 times their carbon number.

In separation science, Kovats retention index refers to normalized measure of gas chromatographic retention, interpolated logarithmically between bracketing n-alkanes assigned 100 times their carbon number. This meaning comes from Kováts (1958) in Helvetica Chimica Acta.[1]

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References

  1. Kováts, E. (1958). Gas‐chromatographische Charakterisierung organischer Verbindungen. Teil 1: Retentionsindices aliphatischer Halogenide, Alkohole, Aldehyde und Ketone. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 41(7), 1915-1932. https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19580410703

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