octadecylsilane

English

Noun

octadecylsilane (uncountable)

1. A surface coating used in reversed-phase chromatography.
   • 2015 September 4, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay Neogi et al., “Consumption of indigenous medicines by pregnant women in North India for selecting sex of the foetus: what can it lead to?”, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     All HPLC analyses were performed using a Reverse phase column (C-18) octadecylsilane (4 mm I.D × 30 cm).