Kovats retention index
Índice de retención de Kovats
- Date
- 1950 · confidence high
- Place
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Ervin Kováts (1950s)
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
System for converting gas-chromatography retention times into system-independent constants by interpolating between adjacent n-alkanes; devised by Ervin Kováts while researching the composition of essential oils.
What it led to
- standardized compound identification in gas chromatography
- reference databases of volatile compounds
- quality control in perfumery and flavoring
- forensic and environmental analysis by GC