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High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
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2023
Source: Dr. Paul Bower - Purdue University High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is an important analytical method commonly used to separate and quantify components of liquid samples. In this technique, a solution (first phase) is pumped through a column that contains a packing of small porous particles with a second phase bound to the surface. The different solubilities of the sample components in the two phases cause the components to move through the column with different average...
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Solvents
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2019
A solvent is a substance, most often a liquid, that can dissolve other substances. Here, the substance being dissolved is called a solute. When a solvent and a solute combine, they form a solution - a homogenous mixture of both the solvent and the solute. Water is a universal biological solvent. Its polar structure allows it to dissolve many other polar compounds. The ability of water to dissolve is governed by a balance between water molecules binding to each other and binding to the solute. A...
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Rotary Evaporation to Remove Solvent
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2023
Source: Dr. Melanie Pribisko Yen and Grace Tang — California Institute of Technology Rotary evaporation is a technique most commonly used in organic chemistry to remove a solvent from a higher-boiling point compound of interest. The rotary evaporator, or "rotovap", was invented in 1950 by the chemist Lyman C. Craig. The primary use of a rotovap is to dry and purify samples for downstream applications. Its speed and ability to handle large volumes of solvent make rotary evaporation a preferred...
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Schlenk Lines Transfer of Solvents
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2023
Source: Hsin-Chun Chiu and Tyler J. Morin, laboratory of Dr. Ian Tonks—University of Minnesota Twin Cities Schlenk lines and high vacuum lines are both used to exclude moisture and oxygen from reactions by running reactions under a slight overpressure of inert gas (usually N2 or Ar) or under vacuum. Vacuum transfer has been developed as a method separate solvents (other volatile reagents) from drying agents (or other nonvolatile agents) and dispense them to reaction or storage vessels while...
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Preparation of Biopolymer Aerogels Using Green Solvents
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2016
A new way for the production of biopolymer-based aerogels by carbon dioxide (CO2) induced gelation is shown. The technique utilizes pressurized carbon dioxide (5 MPa) for the production of biopolymer hydrogels and supercritical CO2 (12 MPa) to convert gels into aerogels. The only solvents needed besides CO2 are water and ethanol.
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Solvent polarity and strength change how strongly analytes favor the mobile phase relative to the stationary phase. Increasing or decreasing organic content can therefore shift retention times and alter resolution between compounds. In practice, adjusting these variables helps tune a separation rather than treating the solvent as an inert carrier, making composition control central to reproducible HPLC results.
These components modify the chemical environment in which analytes distribute between the two phases. Changes in pH or additive composition can alter retention behavior, while the selected formulation can also affect detector performance. Their use is therefore tied to both separation quality and measurement reliability, especially when a small composition change produces different chromatographic responses.
Isocratic elution keeps solvent composition constant during the run, whereas gradient elution changes composition over time. Because solvent composition influences retention, these approaches produce different movement through the column and different retention patterns. Choosing between them provides a way to control how compounds are resolved, while maintaining the intended program supports reproducibility across analyses.
High-purity solvents help limit background signals that could interfere with detection and reduce unwanted effects on instrument components. This makes solvent quality important beyond the chromatographic separation itself. A formulation that produces acceptable retention but elevated background or component stress may still be unsuitable, so analytical performance must be evaluated together with instrument compatibility.
Selection begins with the separation goal: water can be combined with methanol or acetonitrile, and the resulting polarity, organic content, and solvent strength can be adjusted to influence retention and resolution. The choice should also account for detector performance and instrument protection. Comparing candidate compositions under controlled conditions helps identify a system that is effective and reproducible.
They support analyses in pharmaceutical, environmental, biochemical, and broader analytical chemistry settings. By changing solvent composition and observing resulting retention behavior and separation quality, analysts can optimize resolution and assess whether a method performs reproducibly. The same principles connect solvent selection to practical outcomes: reliable compound separation, interpretable detector response, and compatibility with the chromatography system.