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Define retention time. on what factors does it depend (short question)

Accepted Answer

Retention time is the time it takes for a sample to travel from the point of injection to the detector in a chromatography system.
It depends on:
* The nature of the stationary phase
* Nature of the mobile phase
* Column length
* Temperature
* Flow rate


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