What is meant by the term retention time in gas chomromatograohy

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28 July, 06:22

What is meant by the term retention time in gas chomromatograohy

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Retention time (RT) is a measure of the time taken for a solute to pass through a chromatography column. It is calculated as the time from injection to detection. The RT for a compound is not fixed as many factors can influence it even if the same GC and column are used.