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Chromatographic Resolution. Chromatographic resolution is a measure of the degree of separation between two adjacent peaks, with retention times t1 and t2 and corresponding peak widths w1 and w2: where a??t = t2?t1 and wav is the average peak width.

How to Improve Resolution in HPLC Increasing column length. Decreasing particle size. Reducing peak tailing. Increasing temperature. Reducing system extra-column volume.

Equation (1) indicates that the resolution is the difference between peak retention times divided by the average peak width. In a peak with Gaussian distribution, the peak width is W = 4 ? (where ? is the standard deviation) and the peak FWHM is W0. 5h = 2.354?.

Resolution Rs The most important thing in HPLC is to obtain the optimum resolution in the minimum time. A resolution value of 1.5 or greater between two peaks will ensure that the sample components are well (baseline) separated to a degree at which the area or height of each peak may be accurately measured.

Longer columns provide greater resolution, but increase back pressure. It should be stressed that doubling column length will NOT double resolution (resolution only increases according to the square root of the column length).

K) The resolution (Rs) of a column for two analytes (A eluting before B) is given by Rs = tR(B) - tR(A)/(WA + WB)/2, where W is the baseline width of a chromatographic peak in the same units as the analyte retention time.

Another way to improve column efficiency is to elevate column temperature. Higher column temperatures reduce mobile phase viscosity and increase solvent diffusion rate, therefore increasing column efficiency.