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c/hplc·posted 18 days ago by u/arne_nyberg

[Question] what is a reasonable system suitability RSD for this work

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Been lurking in c/t2dglp1 for about 18 months and finally have something worth posting.

Short version: week 32, 2.5mg, and gradient is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 9 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle.

What I actually want to know is whether the people saying it does not matter have measured it, or whether it is just repeated confidently. Happy to be told I am overthinking this — I probably am — but I would rather overthink it now than at week 38.

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical97 points·17 days ago

Gradient goblin mode: changed the solvent composition 10 times, finally got good resolution on a HPLC peak.

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u/phase_two_pete37 points·17 days ago

instrument quality is less important than analyst consistency

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u/rosa_sandvik28 points·17 days ago

Not to be pedantic but gradient and chromatogram are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/marisol_frisk73 points·17 days ago

Yeah, the chromatogram profile matters more than the headline number.

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u/kofi_ferreira51 points·18 days ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with LC-MS, not with what you concluded.

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u/arne_nybergOP-15 points·17 days ago

axis labels included, always

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u/enzo_petrescu61 points·18 days ago

state the method: column, gradient, detection wavelength, injection volume

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