Peak Shape and Why It Matters: How to Get Good Peak Shape

Having good peak shape can improve resolution and produce accurate and reliable quantitation results. Problems with peak shape, like fronting, tailing, shoulders, and splits, are all indicative of chromatography issues.

We will discuss factors affecting peak shape, such as the column, sample, mobile phase, and more, and offer remedies for improving peak shape.

Presenter: Golnar Javadi (Application Engineer, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Golnar Javadi is an applications engineer providing online applications assistance and technical support for LC columns and supplies, Sample Preparation products, and Spectroscopy supplies.

Before joining Varian and then Agilent, Golnar worked in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries on method development and quality control. She also taught college level chemistry courses for a few years.

Golnar then joined Varian as a technical support specialist, providing customers with method development assistance and technical support on Sample Preparation (SPE, SLE, and Filtration), HPLC, GC, ToxiLab and DAT. After the Varian-Agilent merger, Golnar joined Agilent Technologies as an Applications Engineer. She provides technical support to customers on Sample Preparation products, Liquid Chromatography columns, and Spectroscopy supplies.