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Upchurch: Glossary of Terms

This glossary of terms has been compiled for your convenience. To view the terms and their descriptions, click a letter from the list below.

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Z

Zero Dead-Volume (ZDV)
In theory, a fitting which adds no extra-column volume to the system when making a connection. Commercially-manufactured ZDV fittings actually have a finite, but insignificant, dead volume in terms of practical chromatography. [See graphic]

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