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HPLC with 2489 peak tailing in chromatogram - WKB49549

Article number: 49549

SYMPTOMS

  • SQT tests all passed.
  • Compression test passed.
  • Valve test passed.  
  • Peak tailing observed in customer sample (black spectra) and same sample, column, and solvent used on different instrument (blue spectra) with no tailing.

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ENVIRONMENT

  • MassLynx
  • Empower
  • 2489 UV/Vis Detector

CAUSE

Bad flow cell.

FIX or WORKAROUND

Replace with a new flow cell.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

id49549, 2489, 2489B, 2489SFC, 2690, 2690D, 2690DUPGD, 2690UP, 2695, 2695D, 2695DE, 2695DEB, 2695DUP, 2695E, 2695EB, 2695INERT, 2695UP, A-10SSM, A-10UV, A-30UV, ALLCOLCLR, ALLCOLHTR, ALLCOLHTRB, EMP2LIC, EMP2OPT, EMP2SW, EMP3GC, EMP3LIC, EMP3OPT, EMP3SW, EMPGC, EMPGPC, EMPLIC, EMPOWER2, EMPOWER3, EMPSW, SUP, UPARPTUV, UPPTUV, UPTUV, UPTUVARC, UPTUVARCB, UPTUV-E, UPTUVTC

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