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CHOICE OF THE pH OF THE LEADING ELECTROLYTE<br />

TABLE 5.6<br />

EXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINED pK& VALUES FOR SOME ANIONIC SPECIES IN 95%<br />

METHANOL<br />

Ionic species PKh Ionic species PKL<br />

Acetic acid<br />

Adipic acid<br />

Azelaic acid<br />

Benzoic acid<br />

Bu tyric acid<br />

Caproic acid<br />

Caprylic acid<br />

Die thanolamine<br />

Formic acid<br />

Glutaric acid<br />

Hippuric acid<br />

Histidine<br />

Irnidazole<br />

Lauric acid<br />

Linoleic acid<br />

7.9<br />

7.55-9.1<br />

7.65-9.0<br />

7.5<br />

8.0<br />

8.0<br />

8.0<br />

9.6<br />

6.45<br />

7.5-9.2<br />

6.95<br />

6.0- 10.15<br />

6.55<br />

7.9<br />

7.9<br />

Maleic acid<br />

Malonic acid<br />

Monoethanolamine<br />

Myristic acid<br />

Orotic acid<br />

Oxalic acid<br />

Palmitic acid<br />

F’imelic acid<br />

Pyruvic acid<br />

Salicylic acid<br />

Suberic acid<br />

Succinic acid<br />

Trie thanolamine<br />

Tris<br />

Isovaleric acid<br />

4.6-?<br />

5.9-9.7<br />

9.6<br />

8.1<br />

8.8<br />

4.5-8.3<br />

8.0<br />

7.6-8.95<br />

5.9<br />

6.2<br />

7.6-8.95<br />

93<br />

7.25-9.4<br />

7.9<br />

9.05<br />

8.05<br />

principle for his ‘precipitation electrophoresis’. In isotachophoresis in capillary tubes,<br />

precipitation is undesirable as it may produce stoppages in the capillary tube.<br />

Asecond point to be considered is the use of buffering counter ions with a W<br />

absorption power, if a W detector is used. The concenqations of the counter ions and<br />

the pH are different in the various zones and, if we use a buffer with a molar extinction<br />

coefficient that is influenced by the pN (i.e., if only a particular ionic form of the buffer<br />

shows a UV absorbance), the different zones can be detected by the differences in the<br />

UV absorption of the buffer ions in these zones. This method of detection can be<br />

applied particularly if the sample ions show no or only a slight UV absorption.<br />

The third point and the most important function of the buffering counter ionic<br />

species is its buffering capacity for the stabilization and regulation of the pH in the<br />

different zones, by which effective mobilities of the ionic species are fixed and by which<br />

a ‘steady state’ can be maintained. The selection of a suitable pH, in combination with<br />

the type of buffer, is considered in the next section.<br />

5.4. CHOICE OF THE pH OF THE LEADING ELECTROLYTE<br />

In this section, we shall consider separations according to pK valves because these<br />

separations are closely related to the choice of the pH of the leading electrolyte. For<br />

separations according to mobilities, the pH is of less importance. Two points are very<br />

important here: firstly, the choice of the pH itself, and secondly, the choice of the type<br />

of buffering counter ionic species, which defines the pH at which the analysis is to be<br />

performed. In general, the pH is chosen in such a way that maximal differences in<br />

effective mobilities can be obtained according to eqn. 3.18, but a limitation is that if the<br />

pH in a zone differs more than 2 pH units from the pK values of the ionic species in that

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