Which of the following is not a feature of carrier gas used in gas chromatography? a.It should be suitable for the detector employed b. It should not be completely pure c.It must be chemically inert d. It should be cheap

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1. Which of the following is not a feature of carrier gas used in gas chromatography?

a.It should be suitable for the detector employed
b. It should not be completely pure
c.It must be chemically inert
d. It should be cheap
 
2.Capillary columns are open tubular columns constructed from which of the following materials?
a.Stainless steel      b.Glass       c.Fused silica      d.Metal
 
3. Which of the following is not a desirable feature of the ovens used in gas chromatography?
a.It must have a fast rate of heating

b.It should have proper insulation

c.Power consumption should be kept low

d.It must have maximum thermal gradients

 

4. The GC trace obtained after an experiment is called a

a.graph   b.chromatogram c.chromatograph d.chromatophore

 

5. What useful information can be found from a Van Deemter plot?

Select one:

a.

Optimum mobile phase flow rate

b.

Optimum column length

c.

Optimum column temperature

 

6. Which of these effects result from slow injection of a large sample volume?

Select one:
a.

Non-linear detector response

b.

Increased resolution

c.

Constant resolution

d.

Decreased resolution

 

 

d.

 

The selectivity factor

Resolution is proportional to the

 

 

Select one:
a.

 

number of theoretical plates in a column

 

b.

 

square of the number of theoretical plates in a column

 

 

c.

 

cube root of the number of theoretical plates in a column


 

d.

 

square root of the number of theoretical plates in a column

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