HPLC Tubing & Fittings

HPLC Tubing & Fittings

Welcome back to our series on frequently asked questions in HPLC. Here’s another set of questions that involves the tubing and fittings that we use in the LC. Stainless Steel Tubing Vs PEEK Tubing Stainless Steel Fitting Vs PEEK Fitting Cautions About PEEK...
HPLC Sample Prep Basics

HPLC Sample Prep Basics

Let’s talk about HPLC sample prep, because this is where most of the errors occur in the entire analytical procedure. We call this pre-analytical error, and those are errors that happen before we get to the instrument. We could measure the precision, the...
HPLC – Negative Peaks and Baseline Drift

HPLC – Negative Peaks and Baseline Drift

We had two cool questions come in recently, and I can solve both with one simple answer. So, are you ready for this? We’re going to talk about negative peaks baseline drift in HPLC. How To Correct Negative Peaks And Baseline Drift? So both of those should be a...
Ghost Peaks in HPLC – 5 common sources

Ghost Peaks in HPLC – 5 common sources

A common problem happening in HPLC is what we call ghost peaks. Ghost peaks means there are peaks that showed up that were not expected. There is something there, so we have to figure out where that something is coming from. You have a sample, there are some peaks...