What Causes Baseline Shifts in Chromatography?

Points on causes of baseline shifts in chromatography:

  • Baseline shifts indicate changes in detector response rather than the presence of eluting analytes. 
  • Such shifts commonly arise from variations in temperature, flow rate, or mobile-phase composition. 
  • This distinction confirms that baseline movement is separate from analyte signal generation.

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