Abstract: The first subject of this invention is a column packing material comprising: a silica gel having a silanol group; a first chemical modification group which is bound to said silanol group; a silicone polymer for coating the surface of said silica gel; and, a trimethylsilyl group which is bound to the silanol group on said silicone polymer and/or the silanol group on said silica gel.

Abstract: The first subject of this invention is a column packing material comprising:

Abstract: There are disclosed a polymer packing material suitable for liquid chromatography and a producing method thereof. The polymer packing material having a polymer particle based on a styrene skeleton with monodispersed particle distribution can be obtained by hydrophilic treatment of an inner surface of a micropore existing in a fine pore of the polymer packing material, or subsequent introduction of a hydrophobic group into the inner hydrophilic surface by chemical modification. A method of producing the polymer packing material suitable for liquid chromatography includes the step of polymerizing glycerol dimethacrylate as a crosslinking agent and 2-ethylhexl methacrylate as a monomer according to a two-step swelling polymerization process. Alternatively, the producing method includes the step of crosslinking and polymerizing only glycerol dimethacrylate to form a polymer, and introducing the hydrophobic group into the polymer by chemical modification.

Abstract: A liquid chromatograph and a column packing material effectively condensing cationic specimen and exhibiting a high resolution. The liquid chromatograph includes a pre-focusing column (30, 40) having a volume of less than 2.0 milliliters and packed with a column packing material, in which a porous support is coated by a silicone polymer having a Si—R—X (R is a spacer part, X is a sulfonic group) bond and a Si—R′ (R′ is a hydrophilic group) bond, wherein the specimen to be analyzed is supplied to the pre-focusing column in the state dispersed in a solvent for condensation. The condensed specimen is then separated in a separation column (16, 43) used for separating the specimen dispersed in the solvent, and the separated specimen is analyzed by a detector (17, 41).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cation-exchanged clay mineral comprising a swelling clay mineral with the cations between layers substantially replaced by low-valence metal amine complexes and/or low-valence metal ammine complexes, and a packing material for chromatography using the same. Use of the packing material provides a sharp peak with respect to a highly unsaturated compound. Since the packing material is unlikely to be influenced by a solvent, it is usable for a long time with good stability.

Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes pumps for supplying solvents, a mixer for mixing the solvents, a controller for controlling a mixing ratio of the solvents in the mixer, a chromatograph column for separating a sample carried with the solvents, a flow path control valve for supplying the sample together with the solvents to the chromatograph column, and a detector for detecting the sample supplied thereto, wherein the mixer includes a mixing chamber and a porous medium accommodated in the mixing chamber, the porous medium having a size and shape in conformity with a size and shape of said mixing chamber such that no substantial gap is formed between an outer surface of the porous medium and an inner surface of the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A method of producing a polymer packing material for liquid chromatography includes the steps of swelling seed polymer particles to form swelled particles, polymerizing monomers in the swelled particles under existence of diluent, and removing the diluent to form porous polymer particles, wherein the step of polymerizing the monomers is conducted under existence of a compound having a conjugated double bond not reactive with the monomers and having a molecular weight of 100-500. Alternatively, the polymerization process may be conducted by an oxidation reduction polymerization process. Further, the porous polymer particles obtained after removal of the diluent may be subjected to a heat treatment process at a temperature of 100.degree. C. or higher.

Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes pumps for supplying solvents, a mixer for mixing the solvents, a controller for controlling a mixing ratio of the solvents in the mixer, a chromatograph column for separating a sample carried with the solvents, a flow path control valve for supplying the sample together with the solvents to the chromatograph column, and a detector for detecting the sample supplied thereto, wherein the mixer includes a mixing chamber and a porous medium accommodated in the mixing chamber, the porous medium having a size and shape in conformity with a size and shape of said mixing chamber such that no substantial gap is formed between an outer surface of the porous medium and an inner surface of the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A packing material for a column comprises a porous support coated with silicone polymer having an Si--R bond, wherein R is a hydrophobic group and an Si--R' bond, wherein R' is a hydrophilic group, and a process for the production thereof.

Abstract: A packing material for a liquid chromatograph is provided particularly to be used for separating polycyclic aromatic compounds. The packing material is prepared by treating a base material of the packing material with a coupling agent of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Aro is an aromatic moiety, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, lower alkoxy group, or halogen atom, R.sup.3 is a lower alkoxy group or halogen atom. Since an aromatic moiety within one molecule is immobilized through many functional groups on the surface of the base material, the packing material has stable and excellent separating properties.

Abstract: A packing material for liquid chromatography bears a polyalkylene polyamine moiety linked through a spacer moiety as the pendant group to a porous silica gel coated with a silicone polymer, and optionally is crosslinked by a crosslinking agent on two or more amino group of the different polyalkylene polyamine moieties, and a process for production thereof. Such a packing material is especially useful in the analysis of sugars.

Abstract: A packing material for liquid chromatography, comprising a spherical clay mineral powder which comprises a naturally occurring or synthetic water-swellable clay mineral, a clay mineral having foreign cations substantially substituted for interlayer ions inherently present in the naturally occurring or synthetic water-swellable clay mineral, or a calcined product thereof.

Abstract: A column packing material comprising a porous support coated with a silicone polymer having an Si--R bond, wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and an Si--R' bond, wherein R' is a hydrophilic group having one or more of polyoxyalkylene group or hydroxyl group at the terminal end, of which column packing material is produced by:modifying a porous support by bonding hydrocarbon groups to the porous support;eliminating a part of the hydrocarbon groups from the modified porous support; andmodifying the porous support by bonding hydrophilic groups thereto.

Abstract: A modified powder or particulate material having a silicone polymer film coated on substantially the entire surface thereof, this powder or particulate material being produced by bringing at least one silicone compound, in the form of a vapor, having the general formula (I):(R.sup.1 HSiO).sub.a (R.sup.2 R.sup.3 SiO).sub.b (R.sup.4 R.sup.5 R.sup.6 SiO.sub.1/2).sub.c (I)Wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 represent, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with at least one halogen atom, provided that R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are not hydrogen at the same time, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.

Abstract: A modified powder or particulate material coated on substantially the entire surface thereof with a film of a silicone polymer carrying a pendant group thereon, this powder or particulate material being produced by a process comprising the steps of(a) coating the powder or particulate material with a film of a silicone polymer having at least one Si-H moiety, and(b) carrying out an addition reaction of a compound capable of reacting with an Si--H moiety to the Si--H moiety in the silicone polymer of step (a), whereby the pendant group derived from said compound is bonded to the silicone polymer.

Abstract: A modified powder or particulate material having a silicone polymer film coated on substantially the entire surface thereof, this powder or particulate material being produced by bringing at least one silicone compound, in the form of a vapor, having the general formula (I):(R.sup.1 HSiO).sub.a (R.sup.2 R.sup.3 SiO).sub.b (R.sup.4 R.sup.5 R.sup.6 SiO.sub.1/2).sub.c (I)wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 represent, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with at least one halogen atom, provided that R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are not hydrogen at the same time, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.

Abstract: A packing material for liquid chromatography, comprising particles having a silicone polymer film coated on substantially the entire surface thereof, the packing material being produced by a process comprising the steps of:(a) bringing at least one silicone compound having the general formula (I):(R.sup.1 HSiO).sub.a (R.sup.2 R.sup.3 SiO).sub.b (R.sup.4 R.sup.5 R.sup.6 SiO.sub.1/2).sub.c (I)wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 represent, independently, a hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with at least one halogen atom, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.