Abstract
Earlier the multipeak chromatogram of low-molecular weight poly-L-lysine obtained by Bernardi on a hydroxyapatite column was analyzed on the basis of a chromatographic theory. Chromatography was carried out in the presence of a linear molarity gradient of sodium phosphate buffer at pH 6.8. In the present paper, on the basis of a recently developed new theory, a peak in the multipeak chromatogram is analyzed again in detail. By taking into account an entropy effect occurring due to the variation in number of geometrical configurations of a molecule adsorbed on the crystal surface of hydroxyapatite, the width in the experimental peak can be satisfactorily explained.

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