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[Chromatography Q & A] Which buffer solution is used for the HPLC mobile phase?

A mixture of water and organic solvents is often used for the mobile phase of HPLC. However, when the dissociation state of the target component changes depending on the pH, the pH should be kept cons...

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[Chromatography Q & A] Differences between silica gel plate and amino silica gel plate used in thin-layer chromatography (TLC)

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is a thin layer of silica gel, amino silica gel, alumina, polyamide resin, etc. applied on a glass plate. It is mainly used for simple and rapid confirmation of the pro...

Analytical Chemistry Technical Report

[Chromatography Q & A] What is a difference in use of acetonitrile and methanol, which are used frequently in reverse-phase HPLC analysis?

A water and organic solvents is used frequently as an eluate of reverse-phase chromatography. In particular, methanol and acetonitrile are often used as organic solvents. Methanol is cheaper than acet...

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[Chromatography Q & A] HPLC columns for nonionic surfactants analysis

"Solid-phase extraction-high performance liquid chromatography method" was added to the measurement method of nonionic surfactants in the Japanese water quality standard items (Notification No. 66 of ...

Analytical Chemistry Technical Report

[Chromatography Q & A] What are the differences between Wakopak® Wakosil AS-Aqua for anionic surfactant analysis and ODS columns?

Wakopak® Wakosil AS-Aqua is a column developed as a HPLC column suitable for the analysis of anionic surfactants (alkylbenzenesulfonates, ABSs hereinafter) in an aqueous solution.

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