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Retention times shorten gradually over many injections. What should be suspected?

  • A.A leak reducing the flow through the column
  • B.The detector drifting out of calibration
  • C.The sample becoming more concentrated
  • D.Loss of bonded phase from the packing

Answer: D

Hydrolysis at low pH or dissolution at high strips bonded chains from the silica, so there is less stationary phase and everything elutes sooner. A leak would lengthen retention by reducing flow, detector drift affects response, and concentration does not shift retention. Because the change is irreversible, recognising it early is what prompts a review of the eluent's pH before the next column goes the same way. A single measurement chosen to respond to the one asymmetry beats several that respond to shared behaviour.

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