| Jan Jozef van Deemter | |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1918 |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Workplaces: | Royal Dutch Shell |
| Alma Mater: | University of Groningen University of Amsterdam |
| Thesis Title: | Theoretische en numerieke behandeling van ontwaterings- en infiltratie-stromings-problemen |
| Thesis1 Url: | and |
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| Doctoral Advisor: | Bartel Leendert van der Waerden |
| Known For: | Van Deemter equation |
Jan Jozef van Deemter (31 March 1918 – 10 October 2004) was a Dutch physicist and engineer known for the Van Deemter equation in chromatography.[1] [2] [3]
He obtained his doctorate in physics from the University of Amsterdam in June of 1950. Starting in 1947 he began work for Royal Dutch Shell as a researcher and it was there that he developed and published his article in 1956.[4]
The van Deemter equation relates the resolving power of a chromatographic column to the various flow and kinetic parameters which cause peak broadening through
HETP=A+
| B | |
| u |
+(Cs+Cm) ⋅ u
Where HETP is the height equivalent theoretical plate, A is the eddy-diffusion parameter, B is the longitudinal diffusion coefficient of the eluting material in the longitudinal direction, C is the resistance to mass transfer coefficient of the analyte between mobile and stationary phase, and u is the linear velocity of the column flow.
