We report a resonant method to measure the wall capacitance（C_w） and solution resistance（R_S） in a capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector（C^4D）.Under the typical operating conditions in capillary electrophoresis（I.D.50μm,O.D. 360μm,electrode length of 4 mm,electrode gap of 1 mm,frequency of 200 kHz）,the values of C_w measured in 1 and 20 mmol/L NaCl solutions are 2.8 and 32 fF,which are only 1.1%and 12%of prediction by the equation in references,respectively.The value of R_S is less than the prediction in solutions withκ〈0.02 S/m.The response current of C^4D is due to the change in C_w because the total impedance of a C^4D is composed mainly by the impedance from C_w.
Qi KangQing ZhangYao Long LiDong Dong LiDa Zhong Shen
