Tag Archives: HPLC

HPLC Detector Types Explained: UV, PDA, Fluorescence, RI and CAD

HPLC detector types including UV fluorescence refractive index and charged aerosol detection

Compare the principal HPLC detector types, including UV, PDA, fluorescence, refractive index and charged aerosol detection. Learn how analyte properties, mobile phases, sensitivity and analytical objectives determine which detector is appropriate.

HPLC Detection Wavelength Explained: UV Response, Sensitivity and Selectivity

HPLC detection wavelength comparing UV response at different wavelengths

HPLC detection wavelength determines which UV-absorbing compounds produce measurable signals and how strongly they respond. Learn why chromatograms, impurity profiles and reported area percentages can change when a different wavelength is selected.

HPLC Peak Integration Explained: Baselines, Peak Areas and Manual Changes

HPLC peak integration showing baseline selection and integrated peak areas

HPLC peak integration calculates chromatographic response between defined boundaries and a selected baseline. Learn how integration settings, baseline drift, overlapping peaks and manual changes can influence reported purity and assay results.

HPLC Peak Resolution Explained: Separation, Co-elution and Hidden Impurities

HPLC peak resolution comparing separated and co-eluting chromatographic peaks

HPLC peak resolution describes how effectively chromatographic components are separated. Learn how overlapping peaks and co-elution can affect identity, purity, integration and quantitative analytical results.

HPLC System Suitability Testing: Resolution, Tailing and Repeatability

HPLC system suitability testing for resolution tailing and repeatability

HPLC system suitability testing checks whether an instrument, column and analytical procedure are performing adequately before or during sample analysis. Learn how resolution, repeatability, tailing, retention and efficiency criteria are evaluated.

HPLC Calibration Curves Explained: Linearity, Range and Quantitation

HPLC calibration curve with standards and chromatographic analysis

An HPLC calibration curve relates detector response to known analyte concentrations. Learn how laboratories prepare calibration standards, select a mathematical model and evaluate linearity, range, residuals and unknown samples.

HPLC Purity Percentage Explained: What the Result Does—and Does Not—Prove

HPLC purity percentage shown on a laboratory chromatogram

An HPLC purity percentage describes the relative detector response assigned to a compound under a specific chromatographic method. Learn what this number can demonstrate, what can influence it, and which complementary tests are needed for stronger analytical confidence.

How to Read a Research Compound COA: HPLC, MS & NMR

How to read a research compound COA with HPLC, MS and NMR data

Learning how to read a research compound COA is essential when reviewing the identity, purity and batch documentation of a laboratory material. A Certificate of Analysis should connect a specific batch to clearly reported analytical results rather than simply display a purity percentage. HPLC, mass spectrometry and NMR provide different kinds of information. No single […]