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. 2014 Dec;17(4):36–49. doi: 10.3831/KPI.2014.17.035

Table. 4a. (a). Robustness – change in organic composition.

System suitability Compound Change in the normal organic composition of acetonitrile: 2% acetic acid
(A) Normal condition (B) 38% : 62% v/v (C) 42% : 58% v/v
Mean (n = 6) RSD (%) Mean (n = 6) RSD (%) Mean (n = 6) RSD (%)
Retention time, tR(minutes) QUE 3.993 0.690 4.251 0.155 3.761 0.040
BDMC 13.951 0.342 17.645 0.374 11.280 0.084
DMC 15.340 0.291 19.543 0.285 12.330 0.084
CUR 16.829 0.245 21.617 0.296 13.464 0.082
Peak area QUE 6853044 0.433 6836934 0.441 6867445 0.117
BDMC 167417 0.647 161504 0.801 146484 0.578
DMC 940836 0.404 903191 0.781 965307 0.071
CUR 3302593 0.236 3206134 0.555 3367309 0.114
Resolution, R QUE - - - - - -
BDMC 32.498 0.379 36.449 0.471 29.120 0.063
DMC 2.908 0.208 3.272 2.369 2.736 0.181
CUR 2.850 0.237 3.243 1.648 2.666 0.124
Tailing factor, Tf QUE 1.371 0.254 1.347 0.115 1.392 0.074
BDMC 1.533 0.364 1.283 2.314 1.080 0.200
DMC 1.160 0.484 1.083 0.151 1.431 0.082
CUR 1.094 0.094 1.076 0.284 1.114 0.037
Theoretical plate, N QUE 8752.133 1.463 8857.791 0.312 8520.171 0.238
BDMC 15931.889 1.147 16311.011 0.058 16303.130 0.103
DMC 14298.287 1.761 16569.474 1.029 14210.321 0.233
CUR 16008.049 1.202 16543.754 0.535 15157.508 0.340
Capacity factor, k’ QUE 0.680 0.344 0.777 0.906 0.601 0.327
BDMC 4.878 0.202 3.800 0.209 3.800 0.209
DMC 5.463 0.232 7.214 1.592 4.247 0.206
CUR 6.097 0.253 8.038 0.481 4.729 0.209