Improved separation of naphthenic acid using a Thermo Scientific Acclaim 120 C18 3 μm HPLC column

Instrument Type: HPLC

The Thermo Scientific HPLC system is applied for the separation of naphthenic acid. The separation is performed on a Thermo Scientific Acclaim 120 C18 3 μm HPLC column, with UV detection at 210 nm. Naphthenic acid is produced by oxidation of the naphtha fraction of petroleum distillate, and contains hundreds of components. The Thermo Scientific Acclaim 120 C18 3 μm 3 × 250 mm column provides extremely high plate counts per column and thus superior peak capacity for highly complex samples such as this.