octadecylsilane

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noun

A surface coating used in reversed-phase chromatography.

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Meanings

nounoctadecylsilane (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA surface coating used in reversed-phase chromatography.

    All HPLC analyses were performed using a Reverse phase column (C-18) octadecylsilane (4 mm I.D × 30 cm).

    2015 September 4, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay Neogi et al., “Consumption of indigenous medicines by pregnant women in North India for selecting sex of the foetus: what can it lead to?”, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, volume 15, →DOI
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