Carbon loading

Chromatography Forum: LC Archives: Carbon loading
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By bookoon on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 12:47 am:

please tell me a bit about carbon loading of a hplc column...how does it affects the analysis etc.
thank u


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By A.Mouse on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 02:49 pm:

It makes the analysis different. Carbon loading alone is not the important part, since different packings have different surface areas and pore volumes. For the same pore volume, a larger carbon content creates more reversed-phase retention. For the same carbon content, a packing with a larger pore volume creates less retention than a packing with a small pore volume.
You should look for surface coverage, in micromoles per squaremeter. This tells you how well the surface is covered. This is a better measure for the nature of the packing than the carbon content.


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