Chromatography column and process for packing same

US4732687A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Muller · Leverkusen, DE
• Werner Gunkel · Roßdorf, DE
• Gunther Sattler · Reinheim, DE
• Willi Wintermeyer · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 1987
• Grant date: Mar 22, 1988
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2030/562
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Columns for high-pressure liquid chromatography utilize a tube which can be filled with a sorbent. The tube has an inlet device and an outlet device at the ends thereof and includes supporting elements therein to stabilize the sorbent packing.