An open tubular column is 30.1 m long and has an inner diameter of 0.530 mm. It is coated on the inside wall with a layer of stationary phase that is 3.1 μm thick. Unretained solute passes through in 2.16 min, whereas a particular solute has a retention time of 17.32 min.
(a) Find the linear and volume flow rates.
(b) Find the retention factor for the solute and the fraction of time spent in the stationary phase.
(c) Find the partition coefficient, cs/cm, for this solute.