What does a HPLC chromatogram show?

What Is a Chromatogram? A chromatogram is a representation of the separation that has chemically [chromatographically] occurred in the HPLC system. A series of peaks rising from a baseline is drawn on a time axis. Each peak represents the detector response for a different compound.

Can HPLC detect acetone?

We also present acetone as a useful tool for the HPLC-based metabolomic investigation of endogenous metabolism and quantitative clinical diagnostic analysis.

What is a good HPLC resolution?

A good selectivity for HPLC is 1.1, which allows a resolution of 1.5 to be achieved with about 10,000 theoretical places. The critical pair in a separation is defined as adjacent solutes that have the smallest α value.

What are chromatogram parameters?

Chromatographic parameters The separated analytes which are transported by the mobile phase are recorded as signal peaks by the detector unit. The total amount of all peaks is called chromatogram. Each individual peak provides qualitative and quantitative information of the analyte.

How do you read chromatogram results?

How to Read GC/MS Chromatograms

1. The X-Axis: Retention Time. Usually, the x-axis of the gas chromatogram shows the amount of time taken for the analytes to pass through the column and reach the mass spectrometer detector.
2. The Y-Axis: Concentration or Intensity Counts.
3. Differences in Gas Chromatogram Models.

Why acetone is not used in HPLC?

People tend not to use it because it absorbs in the range that many compounds also absorb UV light. There is a “hole” in the acetone absorbance from 200 through ~220nm where compounds exhibiting end absorption can be detected.

What is acetone HPLC?

Acetone, HPLC Grade is used as a mobile phase in High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Liquid Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometry. It is useful as a laboratory reagent.

How do I make my HPLC peaks sharper?

If this is the case, injecting a smaller amount of sample should result in sharper peaks. Reducing the sample size by a factor of 10 and observing the peak shape is a quick way of determining whether you are operating in the linear range of the detector.