Which of the following is the expression for longitudinal diffusion in the column, if ‘γ’ represents obstruction factor, ‘dM’ represents particle diameter, ‘DM’ represents Solute diffusion co-efficient and ‘λ’ represents function for packing uniformity?
(a) λ dM
(b) 2 γ DM
(c) DM γ
(d) λ/dM
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Query is from Column Efficiency and Column Resolution in division Chromatography of Analytical Instrumentation