06944 IUPAC Gold Book - ideal, non-linear chromatography 10.1351/goldbook.IT06944 IT06944 current 1 Chromatographic process, where only the curvature of the distribution isotherm determines the shape of the peaks while other peak-broadening processes are neglected. The assumption of ideal, non-linear (INL) chromatography is often made in order to facilitate theoretical treatments. It can be justified in cases of efficient columns and distribution isotherms with prominent non-linearity. chromatography https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01075 distribution isotherm https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/DT06932 PAC, 1996, 68, 1591. 'Nomenclature for non-linear chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 1594 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668081591) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/IT06944/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/IT06944/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/IT06944/plain Citation: 'ideal, non-linear chromatography' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.IT06944 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-07-01T00:07:09+00:00