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IN a recent communication, Ray1 has given the equations: 
and 
which he then combines and discusses. In these equations, the left-hand side of (1) is proportional to the sensitivity of a catharometer ; λ1 and λ2 are the thermal conductivities of carrier gas and vapour respectively; λ12 is the thermal conductivity of the mixture of the carrier gas with a fraction (assumed here to be molar) x2 of vapour. Authors discussing this communication2 all appear to assume that equation 2 is sufficiently accurate to enable them to use it in discussion of experimental results. This assumption is not correct.
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LITTLEWOOD, A. Sensitivity of Catharometers in Gas Chromatography and the Thermal Conductivity of Binary Gas Mixtures. Nature 184, 1631–1632 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841631b0
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