Jan van Deemter

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Deemter, not Deemter.

Jan Jozef van Deemter
Jan van Deemter
Born	(1918-03-31)31 March 1918
Died	10 October 2004(2004-10-10) (aged 86)
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Groningen University of Amsterdam
Known for	Van Deemter equation
Scientific career
Institutions	Royal Dutch Shell
Thesis	Theoretische en numerieke behandeling van ontwaterings- en infiltratie-stromings-problemen
Doctoral advisor	Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

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]

Van Deemter equation

The van Deemter equation relates the resolving power of a chromatographic column to the various flow and kinetic parameters which cause peak broadening through

${\displaystyle HETP=A+{\frac {B}{u}}+(C_{s}+C_{m})\cdot u}$

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.

References

1. 75 Years of Chromatography: A Historical Dialogue. Elsevier. 26 August 2011. pp. 461–. ISBN 978-0-08-085817-3.
2. van Deemter JJ, Zuiderweg FJ and Klinkenberg A (1956). "Longitudinal diffusion and resistance to mass transfer as causes of non ideality in chromatography". Chem. Eng. Sci. 5 (6): 271–289. Bibcode:1956ChEnS...5..271V. doi:10.1016/0009-2509(56)80003-1.
3. Ettre, Leslie S. (1979). "J.J. Van Deemter". 75 years of Chromatography a Historical Dialogue. Journal of Chromatography Library. Vol. 17. pp. 461–465. doi:10.1016/S0301-4770(08)60683-1. ISBN 9780444417541. ISSN 0301-4770.
4. "Dr. J J van Deemter is retiring" (in Dutch). 1978.