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No of plates decreasing during analysis of residronate sodiu

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:52 am
by vishall79
Hi,
I am doing analysis of residronate sodium as per USP. But dusring analysis it is observed that the no of lates of column are decreasing sharplt (50%). I tried washing the column, it worked for some time but later the same case repeated. Please help.

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:10 pm
by tom jupille
If the column returned to its original efficiency, that implies that some garbage from the sample was accumulating on the column. The most straightforward option is to wash the column regularly. Another possibility is to improve the sample prep/cleanup. A third is to use a guard cartridge.