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High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is an analytical technique
for the separation and determination of organic and inorganic solutes in
any samples especially biological, pharmaceutical, food, environmental,
industrial, etc. In a liquid chromatographic process a liquid permeates
through a porous solid stationary phase and elutes the solutes into a flow-through
detector.
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The stationary phase is usually in the
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form of small-diameter (5-10 mm) uniform particles, packed into a cylindrical
column.
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The typical column is constructed from a rigid material (such as stainless
steel or plastic) and is generally 5-30 cm long and the internal diameter
is in the range of1-9 mm.
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A high pressure pump is required to force the mobile phase through the
column at typical flow rates of 0.1-2 ml/min.
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The sample to be separated is introduced into the mobile phase by injection
device, manual or automatic, prior to the column.
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The detector usually contains low volume cell through which the mobile
phase passes carrying the sample components.
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