Patent ID: 6475391
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B01D,B01J,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for characterizing a plurality of non-biological polymer samples, the method comprisingserially injecting four or more non-biological polymer samples into a mobile phase of a high-performance liquid chromatography system, introducing each of the four or more injected samples into a chromatographic column, the chromatographic column comprising separation media having a polymeric stationary phase effective for chromatographic separation of sample components or polymer molecules thereof, chromatographically separating at least one sample component or polymer molecule of each of the four or more injected polymer samples from other sample components or polymer molecules thereof in the chromatographic column, and serially detecting a property of the four or more non-biological polymer samples or of components or polymer molecules thereof with a flow-through detector at an average sample throughput of not more than about 10 minutes per sample.