retention time
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retention time
the time taken by a compound to traverse the length of a gas-liquid chromatographycolumn. The retention time is a characteristic of each compound under defined conditions. It can be used to aid in identification within a series of homologues, e.g. fatty acids, which are characterized by their carbon numberderived from the retention time.
| retention coefficient, retentate, retGC-1 | |
| retention volume, reticulate, reticulocalbin |
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