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10th Jun 2024

Five Ways to Reduce Costs in Your Chromatography Workflow

How You Can Save Money in Your Chromatography Laboratory Chromatography is a powerful analytical technique, but costs can add up quickly. Lab managers are regularly challenged to keep costs to a min …

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31st May 2024

How to Cut HPLC Tubing: Your Guide to Peak Performance

High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a powerful analytical technique, but results can depend greatly on seemingly minor details, such as the tubing used throughout the system. In this arti …

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16th May 2024

Pore Size vs. Particle Size in HPLC Columns

When selecting an  HPLC column, it is important to understand the different attributes and how they will affect your chromatography. Chemical properties, such as the type of surface of the s …

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5th Jan 2024

Revolutionizing Your Chromatography | The Power of Poroshell and more

Are you frustrated with increasing backpressures from your current HPLC column? Do you wish you could achieve UHPLC results with HPLC instrumentation? Choosing the proper tools for success is importan …

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3rd Jan 2024

Unlocking the Benefits of Agilent Bond Elut HLB SPE

Discover how Agilent Bond Elut HLB SPE products can revolutionize your sample preparation process and provide optimal results.Understanding the Importance of Sample Preparation Sample prepar …

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30th Nov 2023

Revolutionizing UHPLC Connections: Introducing MarvelXACT by IDEX

Reliable HPLC fitting connections play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and consistent results in UHPLC (Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography) applications. Improper fittings can l …

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7th Nov 2023

EHS Compliance: Safely Manage HPLC Solvent Waste

Many of the solvents, and even samples, used in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) are hazardous and/or flammable. Because of this, it’s important to mitigate health and safety risks t …

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9th Mar 2023

Syringe Filters for HPLC Sample Preparation: A Guide to Choosing the Right Filter for Consistent and Accurate Results

Sample preparation is a crucial step in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). While sample preparation can vary depending on the type of application and level of interference a sample contain …

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18th Oct 2022

New and Dangerous Synthetic Opioids

Are New Synthetic Opioids Posing Increased Risks?Synthetic opioids are commonly used in clinical settings as they provide analgesic effects for individuals suffering from severe pain. Unfortunately, t …

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12th Apr 2022

What LC Column Should I Use for EtG and EtS Detection?

Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS) biomarkers are formed by the liver after ethanol ingestion. They can be detected in urine approximately 2-80 hours after alcohol is consumed. Due to the …

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12th Apr 2022

Using 96 Well Plates In High Throughput Laboratories

Using 96 well plates instead of autosampler vials has significant advantages for high throughput labs, due to the ease of automation. Unfortunately, not all steps in the process can be fully automated …

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11th Feb 2022

How do Stainless-Steel Fittings Differ from Polymer-Based Fittings?

Both stainless-steel and polymer-based fittings are quite common in HPLC, and there are pros and cons for each. Deciding which to use for your lab depends on the application and requirements of your m …

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9th Dec 2021

How to Connect a Syringe to HPLC Tubing

The need to connect a syringe to your LC pump to pull mobile phase through for priming (among other applications) is fairly common. We’ve seen some creative ways that people in the laboratory have con …

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15th Nov 2021

ASK BETHANY | Should I Use a Guard Column

HPLC ColumnsOne of the most important components in an LC system is the column, which is where analytes are separated out from a mixture for qualitative and quantitative analysis. HPLC columns need to …

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10th Nov 2021

An Essential Guide to HPLC Fittings for Your Laboratory

An Introduction to HPLC FittingsFittings are used any time tubing needs to be attached, adapted, or adjusted throughout the system, so creating good connections with fittings is extremely important fo …

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29th Sep 2021

A Sneak Peak into the Largest HPLC Industry in the World - Biotechnology Applications

Biotechnology is a broad term, and as a whole is one of the largest industries in the world. The biotechnology field is responsible for the success of food and agriculture, medicine, genetic resear …

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8th Oct 2020

Acetonitrile vs. Methanol for Reverse Phase Chromatography

Acetonitrile (ACN) and methanol (MeOH) are the most common organic modifiers in reversed-phase chromatography. Both solvents offer certain advantages and disadvantages. This guide takes a deeper …

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6th Oct 2020

Which 96-Well Plate Should I Use for LCMS?

The decision of which 96-well plate you should use depends on the many characteristics of the well plate. These factors include rimmed vs. non-rimmed, sample recovery capabilities, and the possibility …

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29th Sep 2020

How To Maximize HPLC Column Lifetime

All chromatographic columns deteriorate over time. Some of the biggest factors that contribute to the degradation of HPLC columns include injecting your sample, as the sample matrix can have …

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23rd Sep 2020

To Cut or Not-to-Cut

To Cut or Not-to-Cut? Is buying pre-cut stainless steel tubing worth the premium?When plumbing your HPLC system, it is important that your tubing ends are flat and bur-free. This allows the tubing to …

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26th Aug 2020

Reverse-Phase Liquid Chromatography vs. Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography

Liquid Chromatography can be achieved through many methods including reverse-phase and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC). Liquid chromatography is a form of column chromatography t …

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14th Jul 2020

Pesticide and Mycotoxin Analysis in Cannabis Brownies

Reliable and accurate results for pesticide and mycotoxin testing is of utmost importance for the safety of people consuming cannabis-derived products such as cannabis brownies and other edibles. Edib …

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