Basic Principles of HPLC
Basic Principles of HPLC
Basic Principles of HPLC
Shahzad Bashir
2009-ag-1231
Center for Agricultural biochemistry and biotechnology
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE
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Outline
• What is HPLC?
• Types of HPLC
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Performance
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C hromatography
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Pressure
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C hromatography
What is HPLC?
• The most widely used analytical
separations technique
• Utilizes a liquid mobile phase to
separate components of mixture
• uses high pressure to push solvent
through the column
Components
• Mobile phase reservoirs
• HPLC Pump(s)
• Sample injector (manual or auto)
• Column
• Detector
• Mobile phase waste container
Mobile phases
• Water
• Methanol
• Acetonitrile
• Additives, salts, acids, bases
HPLC Pump(s)
• A high pressure pump is used to generate a
specific flow rate to mobile phase, typically
millimeter per minute.
Sample injector
• UV
• Fluorescence
• Electrochemical
• Mass Spectrometric
Chromatograms