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D. Kaniansky Komensky University Institute of Chemistry and Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Science Mlynská Dolina CH-2 842 15 Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)

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Abstract  

An on-column radiometric detector for capillary isotachophoresis is described. Design of the detector follows its intended use, i.e., mainly the detection of14C labelled ionogenic compounds separable by this electromigration method. A key part of the detector is a small volume (70 or 200 nl) cell with the sensing part made of plastic scintillator with counting efficiencies of 13–15%. An equation correlating the precision of radioactivity measurements with physical and geometrical characteristics of the cell and isotachophoretic conditions has been derived providing a guide in optimizing both the geometrical dimensions of the cell and the isotachophoretic working conditions. A minimum detectability calculated for14C radionuclide (21 Bq for a 3 mm thickness of the sensing part of the cell) was in a good agreement with the value determined experimentally (16 Bq). Other parameters evaluated experimentally include resolving power, short- and long-term reproducibilities of the response. It was also shown that optimized driving current during the detection enables to improve the precision of the radioactivity measurement.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
1968
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
12
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
Founder's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Gewerbestrasse 11.
Responsible
Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0236-5731 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2780 (Online)