SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING THE LINEAR TEMPERATURE-PROGRAMMED RETENTION INDEXES OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-COMPOUNDS

Theoretical procedures have been used to predict linear temperature-programmed retention indices for polycyclic aromatic compounds. It is possible to calculate such indices for polycyclic aromatic compounds in some practical situations in which the compounds cannot be eluted during a simple linear temperature program. The theory has been tested for a number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) in single- and multi-plateau temperature-programmed gas chromatography with SE-52 as the stationary phase. This method will extend the applicability of linear retention indices for the identification of the isomers of polycyclic aromatic compounds.