Title: column volume
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - column volume
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01183
Status: current

Definition
The geometric volume of the part of the tube that contains the packing: \[V_{\rm{c}} = A_{\rm{c}}\ L\] where \(A_{\rm{c}}\) is the internal cross-sectional area of the tube and \(L\) the length of the packed part of the column. In the case of wall-coated open-tubular columns the column volume corresponds to the geometric volume of the whole tube having a liquid or a solid stationary phase on its wall.

Source
- PAC, 1993, 65, 819. 'Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 832 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365040819)

Related Reference
- Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 100 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)

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Citation: Citation: 'column volume' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01183
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