Autoclaving aqueous eluent

[klimbaka]

I just want to know if anybody has autoclaved his/hers aqueous elunt (with formic acid inside) in order to get rid of the water contaminents, producing ghost peaks. Thanks.

K.I.Z.

[tom jupille]

I'm not sure that autoclaving would do anything to get rid of contaminants.

[klimbaka]

But what do you think would it be detrimenting to the eluent as a whole

[Keaka]

I guess it would depend on what your eluent is.

[tom jupille]

But what do you think would it be detrimenting to the eluent as a whole

Of course it would be. If nothing else, you would probably selectively vaporize the more volatile components.

If your problem is ghost peaks, do a search of the Forum using those keywords; you will find a great number of discussions and suggestions on how to diagnose and fix the problem (autoclaving is not among them!)