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Fig. 26. At a higher pH the I/E curve of nor epinephrine is shifted to the left.
Reaction kinetics predict that electrochemical detection is mass flow
dependent. When the LC flow is stopped in LC-EC, the analyte will be
oxidised completely and the signal decreases rapidly. This means that the
flow rate not only affects temporal peak width and analysis time but also peak
height. Also the background signal is sensitive towards fluctuations in the flow
rate. Therefore, it is important to use a pulse-free solvent delivery system.
Fig. 27. Construction of a hydrodynamic voltammogram for nor epinephrine.
Chromatograms are obtained at cell potentials ranging from 1.0 V (back) to
0.4 V (front), with 100 mV steps.
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