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

does LC-MS actually matter or is it forum lore at this point

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Quick one. Canada here.

chromatogram works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 18 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/cagrilintide_enthusiast11 points·7 months ago

co-elution is real and purity is usually not enough to resolve it

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u/lina_novak8 points·7 months ago

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

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u/vikram_asante5 points·7 months ago

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

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u/hplc_hobbyistMOD7 points·7 months ago

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

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[deleted]3 points·7 months ago

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u/hedda_ekstrom6 points·7 months ago

Strongly agree. Largest single impurity tells a different story than total purity.

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u/sig_figs_sammod · analytical3 points·7 months ago

Did they post the raw trace or just the summary?

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u/camila_lindqvist4 points·7 months ago

Strongly agree.

Disagree on that part. 97.4% and 97.6% on the same vial is normal.

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u/isabela_nilsen1 point·7 months ago

two labs, two different baselines, two different purity numbers, both honest

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