LCGC North America-12-01-2001

Chromatography products and literature.

The November 2001 installment addressed requirements and potential problems associated with the acquisition of fast chromatography peaks at detectors and data-recording systems. Hinshaw continues the topic in this month's column and treats issues that involve qualitative data reduction after a chromatogram has been acquired.

2001 author–subject index.

The guest authors discuss the use of monolithic silica columns in high-throughput HPLC, including developments and applications in combinatorial chemistry. They also explain performance characteristics for these columns and provide caveats about their effective usage.

Dolan answers readers' questions about a variety of topics, including life-spans of cyano columns, successfully transferring and running a method, why chromatographers water-saturate solvents such as chloroform or methylene chloride, and suggested buffers for high-pH analyses.