“…The nonideal elution behavior, particularly noticeable for the pericondensed polynuclear aromatics, has been observed in tetrahydrofuran (8), toluene 0003-2700/80/0352-1877801.00/0 (9), benzene (9, 10), and methylene chloride (4, 5). This behavior, sometimes attributed to adsorption (10), generally results in a nonlinear calibration curve at low molecular weights for petroleum residuals (12,13) and polymeric pitches (14). Bergmann et al (9) have reported that the anomalous elution behavior of pitch molecules disappears when 1,2,4trichlorobenzene is used as the gel permeation chromatographic (GPC) solvent.…”