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The retention of nonylphenyl ethylene oxide oligomer surfactants was d
etermined on a porous graphitized carbon (PGC) column using water-meth
anol mixtures as eluents. Linear correlations were calculated between
the logarithm of the capacity factor (k') and the methanol concentrati
on in the eluent. To test the validity of the hypothesis that in the c
ase of homologous series of solutes the intercept and slope values are
intercorrelated linear correlation was calculated between the two chr
omatographic parameters. To elucidate the role of the length of the po
lar ethylene oxide chain in the retention linear correlations were cal
culated between the chromatographic parameters and the number of ethyl
ene oxide groups per molecule. Nonylphenyl ethylene oxide oligomers we
re well separated on the PGC column. Significant linear relationships
were found between the corresponding chromatographic parameters indica
ting that the solutes behave as a homologous series of compounds. The
retention of surfactants increased linearly with increasing number of
ethylene oxide groups per molecule indicating hydrophilic interactions
between the solutes and the surface of PGC support. (C) 1997 Elsevier
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