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Waters HPLC Column Coach

Th, 17.4.2025
| Original article from: Waters Corporation
Waters Column Coach is a helpful tool for comparing reversed-phase column selectivity. It uses the Neue Test to assess hydrophobicity and selectivity under consistent, standard conditions.
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Welcome to the Column Coach, a tool to help you with reversed-phase column selectivity. This tool uses the Neue Test to help compare column hydrophobicity and selectivity, based on a set of standard conditions using the same test mixtures.

For more details about the Neue Test, please refer to:

How to read the graph?

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All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Specifications were obtained from manufacturer's public literature. Waters does not endorse or represent the accuracy or reliability of any manufacturers' information, and presentation of this information does not imply any relationship between Waters and any manufacturer. Your use of this information is at your sole risk. This tool and its contents are provided and distributed on an 'as is' basis without warranties of any kind either express or implied, including without limitation, implied warranties or merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose.

You can search for the right column for your application by:

  • Compound Class - Want to find a column for a specific class of compounds? Select a compound class from the drop down. Next select a specific sub-compound class and the recommended Waters columns for that given sub-compound class will be provided.

Waters Corporation: Column Coach - Search by Compound ClassWaters Corporation: Column Coach - Search by Compound Class

  • USP Designation - Our quality mission is to ensure that the Waters' columns you use today are the most reproducible and reliable LC columns available. In this section, you will find all Waters columns that are registered according to classifications prescribed in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

Waters Corporation: Column Coach - Search by USP DesignationWaters Corporation: Column Coach - Search by USP Designation

  • Manufacturer of your Existing Column

Waters Corporation: Column Coach - Search by Manufacturer of your Existing ColumnWaters Corporation: Column Coach - Search by Manufacturer of your Existing Column

  • Selectivity Chart

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