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c/hplc·posted 7 months ago by u/egfr_watcher

tried HPLC for 20 weeks. here is what happened.

Correction Cold Box ×1 Long Haul ×2

Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles.

The claim: chromatogram matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 10 months without either producing anything.

What would actually settle it is 17 people measuring the same thing the same way. I have started; my numbers are below. They lean one way but not strongly enough for me to declare victory.

If you have data, post the data. If you have an opinion, flair it as an opinion.

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u/rania_okonkwo165 points·6 months ago

Yeah, the chromatogram profile matters more than the headline number.

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u/mass_spec_maggieMOD102 points·6 months ago

Flair changed to match the content. Read the sidebar before posting next time and we are square.

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u/step_count_stan73 points·6 months ago·edited

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/micro_bump_mick68 points·6 months ago

The related substances profile is way more interesting than the main peak %. A 98% with 2 peaks is different from a 98% that is one 17% impurity.

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u/reverse_image_ron45 points·6 months ago

This is the correct method framing. Column and gradient are load-bearing fields.

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u/egfr_watcherOP26 points·6 months ago

This is the correct method framing.

Disagree on that part. 98.4% and 98.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/aksel_palacios6 points·6 months ago

Did they post the raw trace or just the summary?

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u/egfr_watcherOP0 points·6 months ago

related substances are where the story lives, not the main peak

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u/b12_baseline33 points·6 months ago

a round-robin on baseline integration would be genuinely useful

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u/priya_ogunleye51 points·6 months ago·edited

Gradient goblin mode: changed the solvent composition 4 times, finally got good resolution on a chromatogram peak.

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