Abstract: | The pore-size distributions of various grades of porous glass were determined by gas desorption and mercury porosimeter measurements. This allowed the calculation of elution volumes as a function of pore diameters. The coil sizes of polystyrenes in toluene were obtained for a series of molecular weights from hydrodynamic theory and matched with pore diameters. In this manner, expected calibration curves for gel permeation chromatography could be calculated. Good agreement was found with experimental data. |