Interpret chromatogram and integration intervall

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Hi,

I am a beginner in gas chromatography and I still have difficulties with the interpretation of peaks in the chromatogram.

My question on this would be, how can I interpret this measurement from my standard.

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What can the smaller peak be and how should I integrate?

And what I also still don't understand is, why does the base line rise so much, after the peak of the solvent?
You have given nowhere near enough information to allow specific answers, but in VERY general terms:

1. the mystery peak could be anything:
- a degradation product from your standard ?
- a contaminant in your standard or your diluent ?

2. the rising baseline is most probably associated with the increase in temperature (assuming you are temperature programming, not isothermal):
- some detectors are more sensitive to temperature effects than others
- some stationary phases are more volatile than others and "bleed" as the temperature increases.
-- Tom Jupille
LC Resources / Separation Science Associates
tjupille@lcresources.com
+ 1 (925) 297-5374
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