HPLC Simulator
HPLC Simulator
HPLC Simulator
HPLC Simulator
20, by noon
Fall 2015
Due: November
Initial Settings:
Column = Agilent Zorbax SB-C18
Flow rate = 1 mL/min
Temperature = 25C.
Your goal: to separate the five compounds listed in the table on the lower right with the best
results (all five peaks resolved and k in the range 2-10 if possible). Report your conditions, with
an explanation, for the following five runs (no credit will be given without an appropriate
explanation). Suitable explanations will include why the particular condition worked best, and
comparison to other conditions (i.e. why is the %B different for ACN vs. MeOH?).
1) Use water (A) /methanol (B) and isocratic elution (vary % B via a sliding bar on top left)
2) Use water (A) /acetonitrile (B) and isocratic elution (vary % B)
3) Use water (A) /methanol or acetonitrile (B) and gradient elution (vary % B over some
time, play with time settings)
4) For one of the isocratic runs investigate the effects of temperature (sliding bar on middle
left)
Record typical HETP, N, k (range)
Lastly, choose a setting where two (any) peaks elute close together and are barely separated.
Using the data for these two peaks, calculate resolution using THREE methods (see eq-n
below). Hint: you have to estimate (measure) the width of the peak (w) which is best done by
zooming into the chromatogram.
Rs
1 k 2'
(tr )
N
1 k a' v e
w a v e 4 - 1