A. Orav et al., A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT RETENTION INDEX SYSTEMS WITH UNSATURATED AND AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS IN CAPILLARY GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY ON PEG 20M, Chromatographia, 37(7-8), 1993, pp. 411-414
The correction of the reproducibility of retention indices on polar ca
pillary columns with different film thickness, using more polar refere
nce standards instead of n-alkanes, was investigated. It was found tha
t the replacement of n-alkanes by 1-alkenes, 3-alkynes and n-alkylbenz
enes as standards significantly improves the reproducibility of retent
ion indices and diminishes their temperature increments for n-alkanes,
n-alkynes and arenes on PEG 20M columns.