Abstract
The Rohrschneider approach for characterizing gas chromatographic liquid phases [J. Chromatog. 22, 6 (1966)] has been reconsidered in the light of recent applications of solubility parameter theory and factor analysis to gas-liquid chromatography (GLC). The various approaches are reviewed, and used to help identify three predominant types of solute-solvent interactions in typical GLC systems: dispersion, dipole orientation, and hydrogen bonding. The implications of this result will be explored in future papers.