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analyte peak before void time

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:28 pm
by aaffum1
my analyte elutes before the void time.
Conditions:
25cm x0.46cm c-18 5um column
flow rate 1.5ml/min
uv detection
sample prepared in water
mobile phase 50:50:0.0029 (v/v/v) ACn:water: acetic acid

Re: analyte peak before void time

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:31 pm
by nschwartz
What is your analyte?

Re: analyte peak before void time

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:13 pm
by tom jupille
and what are the elution time of your analyte and the measured dead (void) time?

Re: analyte peak before void time

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:09 am
by ljc
Never mind the analyte, what's your question? :) Anyway, I've seen where the analyte could be excluded by the column and the solvent dip or inflection may not be the true void volume of the system.

Re: analyte peak before void time

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:37 am
by tom jupille
Actually, defining "void volume" is something of a can of worms. There were a number of discussions a decade or so ago that are still in the archives:
http://www.lcresources.com/discus/messa ... 20000443pm
http://www.lcresources.com/discus/messa ... 20040107am
http://www.lcresources.com/discus/messa ... 20041222pm