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Comparison of Relative Retention-time Data and the Kovats Index

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IN an investigation of the hydrocarbons formed in the pyrolysis of organic compounds using the gas chromato-graphic technique, I was confronted with the problem that relative retention times published by different authors were not found to be identical. Where possible I then recalculated these data for a number of hydro carbons into the Kovats scale1.

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DHONT, J. Comparison of Relative Retention-time Data and the Kovats Index. Nature 198, 990–991 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198990a0

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