TASK GROUP MEETING of IUPAC Project 2003-023-2-400

"Data treatment in size exclusion chromatography of polymers"

will be held in SUZA on Tuesday, June 13 from 11:00 to 13:00.

The meeting is open to all who are interested in the task group activities

Aim: Coordinate actions leading to improving the data treatment in SEC, in order producing more accurate determinations of the polymer characteristics.
Apart from the formal Project Members, everybody in the Conference is kindly invited to participate in our discussions associated with corrections for Band Broadening and other systematic sources of error in SEC.
This invitation is especially directed to representatives of the SEC manufacturers, with the ultimate idea of standardizing data treatment procedures.

The formal Project Members will present the following articles on the theme along the Conference:

* Meira, G., Vega, J., Yossen, M.: "Determination of band broadening in SEC from the analysis of narrow standards with molar mass sensitive sensors"

* Netopilík, M.: “Parameters of the band-broadening function and their determination”

Potschka, M.: "Correction of SEC molecular size distributions for axial dispersion based on a set of column parameters"

* Schnoell-Bitai, I., Mader, Ch.: "How much does band broadening adulterate polymer distributions measured by size exclusion chromatography really?"
 
In addition, several other contributions from the field of polymer liquid chromatography will be presented along the Conference.