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Everything You Need to Know About Liquid Chromatography

By LC Services

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Published: May 17th, 2022

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What is liquid chromatography?

Chromatography is the scientific process of separating a mixture. This is done to help us understand the components of a mixture.

There are many different chromatography techniques, but all of these techniques follow the same basic method:

A sample of the mixture in question is dissolved into a fluid – this can be either a gas or a liquid – which is also known as the mobile phase. The sample and fluid are then carried through a fixed material called the stationary phase – this process is called elution. As the mobile phase is carried through the stationary phase, the components of the mixture separate and are recorded for analysis.

The various techniques use different substances for both the mobile and stationary phases and there are many ways to pass the mobile phase through the stationary phase.

Liquid chromatography uses a liquid mobile phase that is passed through a solid stationary phase inside a column. In High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) the mobile phase is passed through the column using high pressure and the components of the mixture are identified by a detector as it is eluted from the column.

Everything You Need to Know About Liquid Chromatography

How does liquid chromatography work?

Scientific Theory

Chromatography works because the different components of the mixture will separate at different points as it passes through the stationary phase.

This happens because the components have different levels of attraction to both the mobile and stationary phases, due to the polarity of the substances used. For example, the liquid mobile phase is a non-polar solvent (such as water) and the stationary phase is a polar solid (such as silica).

Each component of the mixture has a unique polarity and hence will have a different affiliation with both the mobile phase and the stationary phase and hence different flow rates during elution. In this example, components that are more polar will move further down the column with the polar mobile phase while components that are less polar will travel more slowly, staying at the top of the column with the stationary phase.

The time it takes for each substance to move through the column is measured to indicate what each component could be.

It is possible to reverse the polarity, to have a polar mobile phase and non-polar stationary phase. This is known as reverse phase chromatography.

Methodology

Step 1: The stationary phase is placed into the column

Step 2: The mobile phase is passed through column filled with the stationary phase. In HPLC, this is done by pressurising the column.

Step 3: A sample of the mixture in question is injected at the top of the column.

Step 4: The compounds elute through the column and separate as it passes through.

Step 5: A detector is used to measure each of the substances as they leave the column.

Substance Identification

Once all the components of the sample leave the column, the detector will indicate what each component is. This is usually shown in graph form, known as a chromatogram, with retention time along the X-axis and signal strength along the Y-axis.

As the signal of each component increases, there is a peak in the chromatogram that indicates the presence of a chemical in the sample.

Everything You Need to Know About Liquid Chromatography

Each component of the mixture can be identified based on the retention times. All known substances have a typical retention time based on standard measures, so the peaks will always plot around the same retention time. For example, if we know chemical A takes around 5 minutes to retain under these conditions, a peak at 5 minutes is identified as chemical A.

The concentration of each component can also be estimated using a chromatogram. The area under the curve in the graph (i.e., the height of the peak) indicates concentration, so a taller, wider curve suggests a higher concentration.

What is liquid chromatography used for?

Liquid chromatography is used in a wide range of industries with lots of different applications, such as:

  • Medicine – Liquid chromatography is used in medicine to help identify genetic disorders in new-borns using blood samples.
  • Pharmaceuticals – Chromatography is used in pharmaceuticals to identify the components of drugs during development. It is also frequently used to separate out chemicals in their purest form for use in drugs.
  • Chemical Production – Once a chemical has been manufactured, liquid chromatography is used to ensure the correct chemical has been made.
  • Environmental Contamination – When an environment is contaminated with a harmful substance, liquid chromatography is used to determine what pollutants are present.
  • Food Industry – Liquid chromatography is used in the food industry for multiple applications. This includes quality control and determining the vitamin and mineral content of different foods.
  • Education and research – Liquid chromatography is also used in schools and universities to teach the principles of chromatography and to assist in vital scientific research.
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Formed in 1996 and boasting a full compliment of highly qualified engineers, LC Services Ltd provides expert care, maintenance and troubleshooting of chromatography systems we are strategically located in the village Turvey. Turvey is in Bedfordshire from where there are excellent transport links to all of the UK nationwide and European clients.

LC Services’ massive re-development of its headquarters in 2002, now means operations are run via some of the most impressive facilities including fully equipped workshops and some of the most comprehensive laboratories in the industry.

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