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Ghost peaks observed on ACQUITY PDA run - WKB63820

Article number: 63820

SYMPTOMS

  • Peaks are observed in the region where analyte elutes.
  • Peaks are also observed in blank injections.
  • Peaks consistently elute at the same wavelength.
  • The same peaks are not observed in another system.

ENVIRONMENT

 

ACQUITY UPLC PDA Detector

CAUSE

Dirty flow cell.

FIX or WORKAROUND

  1. Replace flow cell.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Analytical Flow Cell (10-mm) (205015017)

High-throughput Flow Cell (3-mm) (205015006)

ACQUITY UPLC PDA SS FC (5-mm) (205000612)

ACQUITY UPLC PDA Titanium FC (5-mm) (205000613)

High-sensitivity Flow Cell (25-mm) (205015019)

Other KCS article.  How to clean the ACQUITY PDA Detector flow cell.

id63820, A-30PDA, UPAPDA, UPBINARY, UPC2PDA, UPPDA, UPPDAARC, UPPDAARCB, UPPDA-E, UPPDA-L, UPPDALTC, UPPDATC, UPPPDA

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