“…In this work we present a systematic theoretical description of programmed pressure, or programmed flow, gas chromatography in open tubular (capillary) columns, either wallor support-coated; experimental data are included in order to justify the assumptions made in the theory and to illustrate some of the conclusions. This treatment of pressure programming in open tubular columns parallels that previously developed by the authors (1) for packed columns, and differs from other treatments (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) in that the time dependence of the column pressure is explicitly considered. Equations are obtained which relate programming rate to retention time when the column inlet pressure is a linear function of time.…”