IF WE TAKE A MOBILE PHASE WITH A HIGH ABSORBANCE AND MY PRODUCT DOES NOT HAVING ANY ABSORBANCE IN UV REGION THEN CAN WE DO IT QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS WITH THIS METHOD.
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By tom jupille on Thursday, April 12, 2001 - 10:29 am:
In some cases, yes.
If your analyte displaces the UV-absorbing component in the mobile phase, then the decrease in UV absorbance will be proportional to the concentration of analyte.
In practice, this works best when the UV-absorbing component of the mobile phase is present at relatively low concentration (e.g., a buffer). It is used occasionally for quantitation of inorganic ions using an HPLC system and UV detection; it goes by the name "indirect UV detection".
There are a number of pitfalls to be careful of if you try this approach:
- the analyte has to displace a significant fraction of the UV absorbing component, in order to get a reasonable signal-to-noise ratio. In practice this means that the UV absorber has to be present at a low concentration, or else the sample has to be injected at high concentration.
- The absorbance of the mobile phase must be within the linear range of the detector (usually, this means no more than about 1AU or so).
- The analyte and the UV absorber must displace one another. In practice, this means that the UV absorber must be the "strong" component of the mobile phase.
Bottom line: you can make it work, but it's not easy!
-- Tom Jupille / LC Resources Inc.
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By B.Buglio on Saturday, April 14, 2001 - 05:32 pm:
Right- indirect uv detection is also a well
established procedure w capillary ion analysis
wherein a UV absorbing ion (eg a benzoate) is
added to the bufer to produce a high background
absorbance. This approach can be quite sensitive.
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