A tool for evaluating the Kovats index from the retention time of a substance in gas chromatography

A computer program based on a mathematical simulation of gas chromatography was developed for the identification of components during the course of the chromatographic analysis of molecular mixtures. The source data for the program are natural parameters that characterize the stationary phase (certified characteristics) and easy-to-specify operational parameters of chromatograph units. An example of calculating the retention time of a component under specified conditions from a specified Kovats index or, vice versa, calculating the Kovats index from the elution time of a component peak is given.