Testing & quality
Chromatogram
The plotted output of an HPLC run — the trace of peaks that a purity percentage is calculated from.
In plain terms
The chromatogram is the evidence; the percentage is a summary of it. A purity figure published without the trace cannot be verified by anybody.
When you do see a trace, read it. Genuine chromatograms have baseline noise and small satellite peaks, and purity drifts between batches. A perfectly flat baseline with flawlessly symmetric peaks, repeated identically across a whole catalogue, describes a graphic rather than a measurement.
Guides that use this term
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