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Gradient Performance Problems — A Case Study

Sep 1, 2006

There always seems to be one more way an LC system can fail.

Dwell Volume Revisited

Jun 1, 2006

John Dolan delves deeper into dwell volume, a subject that was touched upon in a recent installment of "LC Troubleshooting."

Check Valve Problems

Mar 1, 2006

This "LC Troubleshooting" installment will take a look at pump design, how check valves work, and what steps can be taken to minimize pump problems.

Broad Peaks

Sep 1, 2005

This month's installment of "LC Troubleshooting" covers some techniques to help determine the reason these wide peaks are seen.

A Baker's Dozen

Sep 1, 2005

Some simple practices will help to make problems with gradient methods rare rather than frequent. This month's installment of "LC Troubleshooting" presents a baker's dozen of these tips.

Overload or Minor Peak?

What's Under the Tail?
Jun 1, 2005

John Dolan presents some possible solutions to the ubiquitoous peak-tailing problem.

Gradient Performance Checks

Mar 1, 2005

Gradient elution is used widely both in research and production liquid chromatography (LC) separations. For routine analyses of drugs in biological matrices, our laboratory prefers to use gradient elution...

But I Can't Change the Method

Nov 1, 2004

The following question is typical of many that readers e-mail to me: "I am trying to transfer a validated method from another lab. The method uses a...

System Suitability

Sep 1, 2004

This month's "LC Troubleshooting" column is inspired by a reader's question I received recently. She asked me what system-suitability tests were required for a liquid chromatography (LC) method. Unfortunately, this is...

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