Table 3.

Effect of re-equilibration time on the optimum second dimension gradient time, corrected (2D) peak capacity and upper and lower 95% points in Fig. 8.

tre-eq(s)	2tg,opt(s)	n′c,2D,maxa	fraction lossc	low2tg(s)b	span(s)b
0	14	967	--	9.5	11.6
3	16	835	0.14	10.4	14.1
6	18	740	0.23	11.8	16
12	22	611	0.37	14.5	19.1

^an′_c,2D is calculated with Eq. 7 using a set of ²t_g values and specified t_re-eq. Maximum n′_c,2D (n′_c,2D,max) are located by interpolation and corresponding ²t_g values are found.

^bThe ranges of ²t_g values over which n′_c,2D is at least 95% of their maximum value are in the column labeled “span”. The lower ²t_g values in the span are in the column “low²t_g(s)”

^cFraction loss is the loss of corrected (2D) peak capacity at each re-equilibration time relative to a hypothetical re-equilibration time of 0.0 s.