Comparison of surface states of chemically modified silicas in aqueous acetonitrile and methanol

Summary The thermodynamic behaviour of n-alkylbenzenes on chemically modified silicas in reversed-phase liquid chromatography has been examined in acetonitrile-water and methanol-water systems. Plots of the thermodynamic parameters obtained against the organic solvent compositions indicate an interesting trend which implies that the surface states of the chemically modified silicas under the two eluent systems are different.