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lb11xy
Hi,
I have just started working with a Clarus 580 GC from Perkin Elmer and keep getting a pattern of spiking in the baseline. It occurs with all samples and blanks. Sometimes it is more drastic than others. Has anyone dealt with this before? What could it be?

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Peter Apps
Welcome to the forum.

There is a long list of possibilities; electronics, electrical interference, loose connections, water in the FID gasses or carrier gas, dirt in the detector .......

If you post a chromatogram we will be able to narrow it down and suggest some troubleshooting. Posting instructions are in a sticky on the LC page.

Peter
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