2016 Product Resource Guide: Chromatography Columns
Finding the right column for your application can be tough. We aim to make that process a little easier with this year's guide.
6 Questions to Ask When Buying Chromatography Columns
- What are your analyte(s), matrix, separation goals, and instrumentation?
- What benefits does this column offer over your current column? Performance? Lifetime? Reproducibility?
- How should you clean/prepare your sample prior to injection on the column? 4 How do you look after the column? Conditioning, cleaning, storage, etc.
- What type of chromatographic media (fully porous, monolithic, core-shell) is going to provide the most benefit for your separation?
- Do you need a unique selectivity (HILIC, polar-end capped, etc.) to separate any very polar and/or non-polar components in your mixture?
- What column dimension is going to be most suitable for your loading requirement?
What's Your HPLC Column Usage?
0-1 per month | 50% |
2-5 per month | 30% |
6-10 per month | 5% |
10-50 per month | 9% |
50+ per month | 4% |
Don't know | 2% |
Top 10 Features/Factors Respondents Look For When Purchasing HPLC Columns
Technical Performance of HPLC Columns (e.g. Peak Shape) | 93% |
Ruggedness/Durability of HPLC Columns | 90% |
Lot-to-Lot Reproducibility of HPLC Columns | 83% |
Initial Purchase Price of Column | 70% |
Reputation of Column Manufacturer | 70% |
Applications Support | 65% |
Column Discount Program | 61% |
Breadth of HPLC Column Offering (Selectivity) | 58% |
Method Validation/Compliance Support | 57% |
Specials and Promotions | 55% |