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Running U-HPLC: <strong>Practical</strong> <strong>Considerations</strong><br />

Solvent Composition<br />

at Mixer<br />

Solvent Composition<br />

at Column Head<br />

System Delay (Dwell) Volume<br />

Timing Offset<br />

0<br />

Injection<br />

Actual mobile phase<br />

profile on original<br />

system measured at<br />

the column inlet<br />

System volume creates an offset before the solvent<br />

composition change reaches the inlet of column (i.e. an<br />

“isocratic hold” at the beginning of every gradient)<br />

Smaller Volume<br />

System Volume 0.35 mL<br />

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Target System with smaller volume<br />

(less isocratic hold time)<br />

t g<br />

Shula Levin, Waters Israel<br />

x<br />

Time<br />

Different System Volumes<br />

Effect on Separation<br />

Original<br />

Instrument<br />

System Volume 0.0.7 mL<br />

Larger Volume<br />

System Volume 1.4 mL<br />

Target System with larger volume<br />

(longer isocratic hold time)<br />

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