https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.16259
Retention time of a sample component, the molecules of which are smaller than the largest pores of the particles of the stationary phase but larger than the smallest pores.
Note: The retention time is related to the retention volume (in size-exclusion chromatography) (\(V_{\rm{R}}\)) and the flow rate (\(F_{\rm{c}}\)) by \(t_{\rm{R}} = V_{\rm{R}}/F_{\rm{c}}\) .