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Why must the system's tubing be of narrow bore?

  • A.Wide tubing would exceed the pump's delivery capacity
  • B.Narrow tubing reduces the eluent consumed
  • C.Wide tubing broadens the bands after separation
  • D.Narrow tubing withstands higher pressure

Answer: C

Every millilitre of volume between column and detector lets the separated bands spread again, undoing the resolution the column achieved. Pressure rating depends on wall thickness, pump capacity is a flow matter, and eluent consumption is set by the flow rate. That the plumbing can destroy a separation is why connections are made with the shortest possible lengths of the narrowest practical tubing. A single measurement chosen to respond to the one asymmetry beats several that respond to shared behaviour.

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