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The Wrench

Vol. 6 Issue 1
Winter 2009

Problems with Peak Shape

Poor peak shape can cause a loss of resolution between adjoining peaks, it can lead to poor injection to injection reproducibility, or it may cause an injection to fail method acceptance criteria. Poor peak shape includes issues such as tailing, fronting, split peaks, and shouldered peaks.

The causes of poor peak shape are varied. They include everything from poorly developed methods, to contaminated columns or in other parts of the system, to extra system volume or poor system connections.

The following chart covers some of these common problems and possible remedies.

Problem

Indication

Cause

Solution

Peak Tailing

Fronting Peak

Initial Peaks fronting

Too strong a sample solvent

Samples should be dissolved in mobile phase or solvent weaker than mobile phase

All peaks fronting

Column overload

Reduce injection volume

Reduce sample concentrations

Use a column with a larger i.d.

Split Peaks 

Split Peaks 

Void or channel in column

Replace column

Dirty column frit

Replace frit

Dirty Column

Back flush or replace

Sample solvent not suitable for use with mobile phase

Ensure that sample and mobile phase solvents are compatible – make any necessary adjustments

Peak Shoulders

Peak Shoulders

Shoulder on 1 or 2 peaks

Mobile phase is at a pH near the pKa of the analyte

Adjust pH of mobile phase to be at least 2 pH units away from the pKa of the sample analytes

Adjust mobile phase to separate the 2 peaks

Shoulder on all peaks

Dirty Inlet frit

Replace

Dirty Guard Column

Replace

Dirty Column

Back flush or replace

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HPLC Preventative Maintenance

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System Backpressure

Vol 2 Issue 3

System Backpressure .pdf
Choosing a Lamp Vendor

Vol 3 Issue 1

Lamp choices .pdf
Instrument Qualification and Aftermarket Parts

Vol.3 Issue 2

IQ and aftermatket .pdf
Material Solvent Compatibility

Vol.4 Issue 1

Solvent Compatibility .pdf
Mobile Phase Buffers

Vol.4 Issue 2

Mobile Phase Buffers .pdf
Sample and Mobile Phase Filtering

Vol.5 Issue 1

Filtering.pdf

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