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SEPARATION PROCESS IN HPLC

NORMAL PHASE & REVERSE PHASE SEPARATION


SEPARATION

SAMPLE COMPONENTS IN THE MOBILE PHASE ARE SEPARATED BY PASSING THROUGH


COLUMN BY ADSORPTION.

COMPONENTS HAVING STRONG AFFINITY WITH STATIONARY PHASE = GET ABSORBED


=TRAVEL SLOWER
COMPONENTS HAVING GREATER AFFINITY WITH MOBILE PHASE =TRAVEL FASTER
= ELUTE OUT FIRST
• SEPARATION PROCESS IN HPLC
The component of mixture are separated from each other due to their different degrees of interaction.

The separated components are detected at the exit of this tube (column) by the detector that measures
their amount.
• TYPES OF SEPARATION PROCESS

NORMAL PHASE SEPARATION

REVERSE PHASE SEPARATION


Phases

Stationary Phase:
Polar ( Silica)
Non Polar( Long Chain N-c18 Hydrocarbon Attached To Silica)

Mobile Phase:
Polar (Water, methanol)
Non Polar (n-hexane, dichloromethane)
NORMAL PHASE SEPARATION
REVERSE PHASE SEPARATION
SIMILARITIES

Both Are Separation Techniques

Same Instrumentation

Both Operate Under High Pressure

They Take 2-60min Per Sample

Both Types Give Quantitative Analysis Of Sample

The Retention Time Can Be Increased By Increasing The Interactions Of Analytes


DIFFERENCES
Evolution Normal phase was evolved in Reverse phase is recently
the 1970s in form of liquid evolved form the hplc
chromatography

Analytes in Mobile phase In normal phase, the mobile In the reverse phase, the
phase carries non polar mobile phase carries polar
analytes at the beginning of analytes during separation
separation
Reproducibility N.Phase has a poor R.Phase has a higher
reproducibility of the retention reproducibility of the retention
time time

Damage of column The column of N.Phase is easy The column of R.Phase is


to damage difficult to damage
DIFFERENCES

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