Title: separation temperature
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - separation temperature
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S05618
Status: current

Definition
The temperature of the chromatographic bed under isothermal operation. In column chromatography it is called the column temperature.

Related Term
- column chromatography: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01182

Source
- PAC, 1993, 65, 819. 'Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 838 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365040819)

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Citation: Citation: 'separation temperature' 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.S05618
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