Jan Jozef van Deemter (31 March 1918 – 10 October 2004) was a Dutch physicist and engineer known for the Van Deemter equation in chromatography.[1][2][3]

Jan Jozef van Deemter
Jan Jozef van Deemter
Jan van Deemter
Born(1918-03-31)31 March 1918
Died10 October 2004(2004-10-10) (aged 86)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
University of Amsterdam
Known forVan Deemter equation
Scientific career
InstitutionsRoyal Dutch Shell
Thesis Theoretische en numerieke behandeling van ontwaterings- en infiltratie-stromings-problemen
Doctoral advisorBartel Leendert van der Waerden

He obtained his doctorate in physics from the University of Amsterdam in June of 1950. Starting in 1947 he began work for Royal Dutch Shell as a researcher and it was there that he developed and published his article in 1956.[4]

Van Deemter equation edit

The van Deemter equation relates the resolving power of a chromatographic column to the various flow and kinetic parameters which cause peak broadening through

 

Where HETP is the height equivalent theoretical plate, A is the eddy-diffusion parameter, B is the longitudinal diffusion coefficient of the eluting material in the longitudinal direction, C is the resistance to mass transfer coefficient of the analyte between mobile and stationary phase, and u is the linear velocity of the column flow.

References edit

  1. ^ 75 Years of Chromatography: A Historical Dialogue. Elsevier. 26 August 2011. pp. 461–. ISBN 978-0-08-085817-3.
  2. ^ van Deemter JJ, Zuiderweg FJ and Klinkenberg A (1956). "Longitudinal diffusion and resistance to mass transfer as causes of non ideality in chromatography". Chem. Eng. Sci. 5 (6): 271–289. Bibcode:1956ChEnS...5..271V. doi:10.1016/0009-2509(56)80003-1.
  3. ^ Ettre, Leslie S. (1979). "J.J. Van Deemter". 75 years of Chromatography a Historical Dialogue. Journal of Chromatography Library. Vol. 17. pp. 461–465. doi:10.1016/S0301-4770(08)60683-1. ISBN 9780444417541. ISSN 0301-4770.
  4. ^ "Dr. J J van Deemter is retiring" (in Dutch). 1978.