Foam is foe in rotary evaporation. Here is how to prevent it.
Bart discusses why foam formation is dangerous and how to prevent foam in your evaporation flask →
Slurry packing of chromatography columns can be just as fun as it sounds
Bart explains the slurry packing process for chromatography columns →
Condenser loading should not be at 100% and here is why.
Bart discusses optimal condenser loading and why it is important →
Dry packing of a chromatography column in three steps
Bart explains how to dry fill a chromatography column →
Why 15 is the magic number for your recirculating chiller
Bart shows how to calculate cooling capacities and discloses how to set up your recirculating chiller to achieve sufficient condensation →
How RFID technology lifeguards your chromatography process
Bart explains how and why RFID tags are used on chromatography cartridges and racks →
Sizing up the importance of flask size in rotary evaporation
Bart discusses theory and experimental data on how flask size affects evaporation performance →
Are peak splitting and peak fronting effects keeping you up at night?
Bart talks about peak fronting and peak splitting and how to eliminate these effects in chromatography →
Why you should give the glass thickness of your evaporation flask a second thought
Bart discusses how the glass thickness of a flask affects evaporation performance and safety →
The perfect peak shape: Five solutions to peak tailing problems
Bart explains how to analyze peak shape with the tailing factor and asymmetry factor and offers five causes and solutions for the peak tailing effect →
Five ways to optimize the pressure values of your rotary evaporation
Bart offers five tips for finding the ideal pressure settings for rotary evaporation of a solvent →