April 2021 | LCGC North America

Where Has My Efficiency Gone? Impacts of Extracolumn Peak Broadening on Performance, Part I: Basic Concepts

April 07, 2021

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Dispersion of analyte zones outside of the column often compromises the quality of an LC separation—particularly in smaller columns with smaller particles. We explain basic concepts in extra-column dispersion from the point of view of an entire instrument.