Construction and characterization of a high performance supercritical fluid chromatography system

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2013. Major: Chemistry. Advisor: Donald Poe. 1 computer file (PDF); v, 54 pages.The goal of this project is to design and build an Supercritical Fluid Chromatography instrument capable of doing fast separations with short columns packed with small particles. In order to do that the system must be capable of withstanding high pressures, have limited extra column effects, and be able to acquire data at a sufficient rate