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Autoclaving aqueous eluent

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:47 pm
by 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.

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:03 pm
by tom jupille
I'm not sure that autoclaving would do anything to get rid of contaminants.

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:16 pm
by klimbaka
But what do you think would it be detrimenting to the eluent as a whole

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:57 pm
by Keaka
I guess it would depend on what your eluent is.

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:31 am
by 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!) :wink: