Table 4.
Effect of analysis time, split mode and second dimension cycle time on corrected 2D peak capacity and number of observed peaks.
| a) 12 s | Analysis Time [min] | ||||||
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| 15 | 30 | 60 | |||||
| Split Mode | split-less | split | split-less | split | split-less | split | |
| n′c, 2D a | 360 | 793 | 1073 | 1534 | 2257 | 2912 | |
| n′c, 2D Ratio b | 2.20 | 1.43 | 1.29 | ||||
| # Observed Peaks | 36 | 113 | 111 | 158 | 165 | 213 | |
| # Peaks Ratio c | 3.14 | 1.42 | 1.29 | ||||
| b) 21 s | Analysis Time [min] | ||||||
| 15 | 30 | 60 | |||||
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| Split Mode | split-less | split | split-less | split | split-less | split | |
| n′c, 2D a | 291 | 614 | 899 | 1221 | 1975 | 2456 | |
| n′c, 2D Ratio b | 2.11 | 1.36 | 1.24 | ||||
| # Observed Peaks | 43 | 80 | 103 | 128 | 154 | 184 | |
| # Peaks Ratio c | 1.86 | 1.24 | 1.19 | ||||
Corrected 2D peak capacity calculated by eq. (5);
Ratio of measured corrected 2D peak capacity for split to split-less mode;
Ratio of the number of observed peaks for split to split-less mode.