Retention time
Time from injection to peak apex. A property of the compound, the column and the gradient — comparable across laboratories only after gradient normalisation.
Related terms
- Gradient normalisation
- Converting a retention time measured on one gradient duration to the index reference scale, so retentions from different laboratories can be compared.
- Rule AX-R11
- Retention time outside the compound window after gradient normalisation. Two thirds of instances are undocumented method differences.
see also Retention time · Rule AX-R11
see also Gradient normalisation
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 37 glossary terms beginning with R