About
This comprehensive online HPLC course provides structured, technically rigorous training in High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) for analytical chemists, laboratory scientists, and advanced chemistry students. The program combines core chromatographic theory with practical instrument operation and real-world troubleshooting to build both conceptual understanding and laboratory competence. You will learn the fundamental principles governing retention, selectivity, efficiency, and resolution, along with a clear explanation of the van Deemter equation and its impact on method performance. The course covers HPLC system components in detail, including pumps, injectors, columns, detectors, mobile phase preparation, and data acquisition. Emphasis is placed on understanding how each parameter affects peak shape, sensitivity, reproducibility, and quantitative accuracy. A major focus of this HPLC training is method development strategy. You will learn how to optimize mobile phase composition, pH, gradient conditions, column chemistry, and flow rate to achieve robust separations. Practical troubleshooting modules address common issues such as peak tailing, low sensitivity, high backpressure, baseline drift, retention time shifts, and poor resolution. Designed for professionals working in pharmaceutical, environmental, clinical, forensic, and industrial laboratories, this online HPLC course bridges theory with applied problem solving. By the end of the program, you will be able to confidently operate an HPLC system, diagnose performance issues, and design or improve chromatographic methods with scientific precision.
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Overview
Simple Theory of HPLC
.3 steps
Fields of Application of HPLC
.3 steps
Major Parts of an HPLC - Components
.3 steps
Major Parts of an HPLC - Hardware Configurations
.3 steps
The Science Behind Separation
.3 steps
Normal Phase Chromatography
.3 steps
Reverse Phase Chromatography
.3 steps
Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography (HILIC)
.3 steps
Solvents
.3 steps
The Degasser
.3 steps
Pumps of an HPLC
.3 steps
The Injector
.3 steps
The Column
.3 steps
Detectors
.3 steps
Fittings
.3 steps
Tubing
.3 steps
Other Useful Hardware and Tools
.3 steps
The Waste
.4 steps
Chromatographic Data System - Fundamentals
.3 steps
Chromatographic Data System - Workup and Analysis
.4 steps
Real Life Example - Sample Preparation
.3 steps
Real Life Example - Purging the System
.3 steps
Real Life Example - Solvent Connection
.3 steps
Real Life Example - Column Conditioning
.3 steps
Real Life Example - Method Parameters
.3 steps
Real Life Example - Running a Sample
.3 steps
Real Life Example - Data Analysis
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