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CHROMacademy Newsletter - 25 August 2014
Packed with practical information that will help improve your skills and productivity

How to choose an HPLC Column

Some great general hints and tips for HPLC column selection.
Read the literature
It is very rare that a separation has never been performed before and so checking the literature, refereed journals...
Run a generic method
So you have read the literature and still have not found a separation...
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5 ways to improve your Split / Splitless Injection technique

1. Understand the process...
Split/splitless injectors typically vaporize a sample dissolved in a suitable organic solvent under increased temperature.  The sample vapors are entrained into the carrier gas flow inside a ‘liner’ or ‘sleeve’ within the inlet and from there pass into the column or out of the inlet via the ‘split’ line/valve.
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Does Mass Spectrometry Need Chromatography?

I am amazed by how often I hear someone say that mass spectrometry doesn’t need chromatography. I have mentioned before that I feel I need a reversible t-shirt that says, “I am a chromatographer” on one side and “I am a mass spectrometrist” on the other. More »

HPLC Column Abuse

Don’t let your HPLC column become just another statistic of abuse! Read these few short questions on HPLC column myths and be kind to your columns. They’ll appreciate it and work better for you. More »

GC Chromatographic Parameters

The most important thing in GC is to obtain the 'optimum resolution in the minimum time'.

Use the slider to investigate resolution between two peaks »

HPLC Troubleshooting Guide to Split Peaks

Solving HPLC Peak Splitting Problems using the CHROMacademy HPLC Troubleshooter. Split peaks, increased pressure, erratic baselines, loss of resolution, leaking HPLC pumps…..and to top it all off an ever mounting pile of samples that needed run yesterday!  Keep calm and use our interactive HPLC Troubleshooter to get everything back on track. Start Troubleshooting »

GC Method Development Course

If you have ever needed to tweak a temperature program, optimize sample injection conditions, obtain a better limit of detection, improve resolution, increase sample throughput or transfer a method then this course is for you.
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