Solvent Considerations
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C
Mixed Mobile Phases
provides approximate wavelength cutoffs for some other solvents, buffers,
detergents, and mobile phases. The solvent concentrations represented are those most
commonly used. If you want to use a different concentration, you can determine
approximate absorbance using Beer’s law, since absorbance is proportional to
concentration.
Ethanol
210
Petroleum ether
210
Ethyl acetate
256
Pyridine
330
Ethyl ether
220
Tetrahydrofuran
230
Ethyl sulfide
290
Toluene
285
Ethylene dichloride
230
Xylene
290
Table C-7 Wavelength Cutoffs for Different Mobile Phases
Mobile Phase
UV Cutoff
(nm)
Mobile Phase
UV Cutoff
(nm)
Acetic acid, 1%
230
Sodium chloride, 1 M
207
Ammonium acetate, 10 mM
205
Sodium citrate, 10 mM
225
Ammonium bicarbonate, 10
mM
190
Sodium dodecyl sulfate
190
BRIJ 35, 0.1%
190
Sodium formate, 10 mM
200
CHAPS, 0.1%
215
Triethyl amine, 1%
235
Diammonium phosphate,
50 mM
205
Trifluoracetic acid, 0.1%
190
EDTA, disodium, 1 mM
190
TRIS HCl, 20 mM, pH 7.0,
pH 8.0
202, 212
HEPES, 10 mM, pH 7.6
225
Triton-X™ 100, 0.1%
240
Hydrochloric acid, 0.1%
190
Waters PIC Reagent A,
1 vial/liter
200
MES, 10 mM, pH 6.0
215
Waters PIC Reagent B-6,
1 vial/liter
225
Potassium phosphate,
monobasic, 10 mM
dibasic, 10 mM
190
190
Waters PIC Reagent B-6,
low UV, 1 vial/liter
190
Sodium acetate, 10 mM
205
Waters PIC Reagent D-4,
1 vial/liter
190
Table C-6 UV Cutoff Wavelengths for Common Chromatographic Solvents (Continued)
Solvent
UV Cutoff (nm)
Solvent
UV Cutoff (nm)