Adopting a learning-by-doing approach, this comprehensive one-stop information source uses everyday challenges as its starting point, allowing novice or occasional HPLC practitioners to quickly improve their skills. The author has a lifetime's experience in applied chromatography, has taught practical chromatography courses for several decades, and has written numerous best-selling books on the subject. Here he addresses routine issues in an intuitive question-and-answer format. He explains the handling of samples, choosing the best analysis conditions, preventing errors and malfunctions, and simple optimization strategies in a straightforward way, backed up in each case by practical examples. In addition, the book contains a general introduction describing the fundamentals of HPLC analysis, as well as a glossary of terms and useful lists of instrument and column types. By virtue of its readily accessible approach, consulting this book is like always having an HPLC professional on hand.
