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Mobile Phase Selection
Problems Encountered with Alkaline Eluents
❑ Second Problem: Influence of Residual Silanol Groups.
Basic substances interact with the
How to solve these two problems?? residual silanol groups, causing
delayed elution and tailing.
Si
O
Si -O-Si-O
Residual silanol group N +
H
O
Si
Using an acidic buffer suppresses dissociation of residual
silanol groups and reduces their influence to some exte1n43t.