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Polystyrene samples of narrow molecular-weight distribution have been eluted according to their molecular weight from columns packed with bare silica Si50, phenyl, or C18 bonded phase by gradients of methanol and tetrahydrofuran (THF) or ofiso-octane and THF. Among the six combinations investigated,iso-octane/THF with a silica column formed a proper normal-phase system whereas methanol/THF with a C18 column formed a proper reversed-phase system. The combinations of C18 column andiso-octane/THF or of Si50 column and methanol/THF gradient did not correspond to the approved polarity rules in high-performance liquid chromatography but were nevertheless effective in separating polystyrene mixtures by molecular weight. Methanol andiso-octane are nonsolvents for polystyrene whereas THF is a solvent. The solubility of polystyrene as a function of molecular weight and concentration was determined by means of turbidimetric titration of solutions in THF with the nonsolvents used in the gradients. The solubility and elution characteristics were almost identical on C18 columns or in methanol/THF combinations. The elution from phenyl bonded phase and Si50 columns usingiso-octane/THF gradients required more THF than the solubility experiments. Information is also given on the occurrence of multimodal elution patterns.
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Glöckner, G. Turbidimetric titration and gradient high-performance liquid chromatography of polystyrene samples. Chromatographia 25, 854–860 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02311417
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