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The elution behavior of alkali and earth alkaline cations has been studied on a newly synthesized weak cationexchanger (WCX). Applying this stationary phase isocratic separation of these cations is possible. The dependence of retention on competing ion concentration is described via a simple model. The influence of crown ethers as well as organic eluent additives on selectivity and peak efficiency is demonstrated. With optimized separation such cations can be determined with detection limits of about 0.5 ppm using a conductivity detector without ion suppression.
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Steiner, F., Niederländer, C. & Engelhardt, H. Optimization of alkali-alkalkine earth cation separation on weak cation-exchangers. Chromatographia 43, 117–123 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02292938
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