Under Pressure: Mastering Backpressure in HPLC

Key Learning Points

• Understand how backpressure is measured in LC instruments.
• Learn why backpressure is important to measure in the system and column.
• Explore how different dimensions of column hardware and system tubing can influence overall backpressure.
• Examine how different mobile phases and flow rates can impact backpressures.
• Find out what different types of sample matrices can do to backpressure and how to mitigate.
• Listen in to tips to troubleshoot the root cause of backpressure issues.

Who Should Attend

• Any liquid chromatography users who are looking to understand the factors that can impact backpressure and how to mitigate potential backpressure problems.

Speaker: Koen Askamp (Senior Technical Specialist, Phenomenex)

 Koen Askamp is a Senior Technical Specialist in Phenomenex. He was awarded his BSc and MSc degrees in Molecular Life Sciences at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and joined Phenomenex in 2020 as Technical Sales Consultant. Koen became part of Phenomenex’s global technical support team in 2022 and assists laboratories in training chromatographers and developing analytical methods.