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What is the drawback of a refractive index detector?

  • A.It cannot be used with gradient elution
  • B.It responds only to ultraviolet-absorbing compounds
  • C.It destroys the sample as it passes through
  • D.It requires the eluent to be perfectly transparent

Answer: A

The signal is the difference in refractive index between sample and reference cells, and a changing eluent composition changes that difference enormously, so the baseline is unusable during a gradient. It is universal rather than selective, non-destructive, and needs no optical transparency. Being confined to isocratic work is a severe restriction, and it is why the detector survives mainly for sugars and polymers that nothing else sees. Naming the cost of a choice alongside its benefit is what turns a fact into a design decision.

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