LCGC Europe-02-01-2014

In this column, the selective removal of a fat-substitute in food products is discussed to demonstrate options for obtaining selectivity during extraction.

A recent stimulus to the review process article by the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Expert Committee is proposing a major change in the way regulated laboratories develop, validate and control analytical procedures. Is this Quality by Design (QbD) for the chromatography laboratory?

A simple and fast ion-pair chromatography method to detect sodium alkyl sulphates in environmental samples using conductivity detection is described.

Joe Pesek answers questions about IEX, HILIC, polar-embedded, and polar-endcapped columns, and aqueous normal phase chromatography.

What kind of adjustments need to be made when scaling an isocratic method?

A series of real life problems submitted by CHROMacademy members are used to highlight common problems with separations and instruments.

Professor Georges Guiochon spoke to Fabrice Gritti about his pioneering contributions to the field of separation science.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Europe February 2014 regular issue, Vol 27 No 2, in an interactive PDF format.