When Good Columns Go Bad

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LCGC North America

LCGC North AmericaLCGC North America-06-01-2001
Volume 19
Issue 6

Hinshaw looks at causes and modes of premature column failure and at practices that ensure the longest possible column life.

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Determining Specificity in a Regulated Environment
When Good Columns Go Bad
Analysis of Weak UV-Absorbing Pharmaceutical Drug Substances Using CE with Condensation Nucleation Light-Scattering Detection
Embedded-Polar-Group Bonded Phases for High Performance Liquid Chromatography
High-Speed Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Environmental Samples Using Small-Diameter Capillary Columns and Purge-and-Trap GC–MS Systems
Resin Screening to Optimize Chromatographic Separations
Buffers and Baselines
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The Current Challenges Mitigating PFAS
The Current Challenges Mitigating PFAS
The Role of PFAS Impacting Carbon Fluxes
The Role of PFAS Impacting Carbon Fluxes
Understanding the Movement of PFAS in the Environment
Understanding the Movement of PFAS in the Environment
Where Will Your Data Take You? How Modern Lab Informatics Unlocks Your Potential
Where Will Your Data Take You? How Modern Lab Informatics Unlocks Your Potential
The Interactions Between Bacterial Communities and PFAS
The Interactions Between Bacterial Communities and PFAS
The Challenges of Characterizing PFAS in the Environment
The Challenges of Characterizing PFAS in the Environment
Inside the Laboratory: The Mead Group at UNC Wilmington and the North Carolina PFAS Testing Network
Inside the Laboratory: The Mead Group at UNC Wilmington and the North Carolina PFAS Testing Network
Exploring Molecular Dynamics: An Interview with Ezgi Gürler of FeMS
Exploring Molecular Dynamics: An Interview with Ezgi Gürler of FeMS
Developing Advanced Fragmentation Schemes: An Interview with Ezgi Gürler of FeMS
Developing Advanced Fragmentation Schemes: An Interview with Ezgi Gürler of FeMS
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