
- November 1999
- Volume 17
- Issue 11
- Pages: 1010–1015
A Coin-Toss Experiment, Part II – Limits of the Analogy
In part I, Hinshaw described a simple experiment with coins to explain the statistical nature of separations and to impart a better understanding of the physical processes inside the column. In part II, he compares this coin-toss simulation with chromatographic columns and describes differences between the analogy and real-world situations.
Concluding a two-part column series, this month's "GC Connections" continues the coin-and-coffee-can analogy to represent chromatographic separation. This second part explains how the coin-toss experiment does and does not model situations encountered in real-world chromatography.
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