A young researcher set out to develop a method for quantifying the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content in a contaminated soil sample using open tubular gas chromatography. During the initial stages of method development, the researcher was unable to separate the early eluting compounds, anthracene and naphthalene, with baseline resolution. Select the possible modifications the researcher could make to improve the resolution. use a column with a smaller inner diameter decrease the column length increase the stationary phase thickness increase the temperature choose a different stationary phase

A young researcher set out to develop a method for quantifying the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content in a contaminated soil sample using open tubular gas chromatography. During the initial stages of method development, the researcher was unable to separate the early eluting compounds, anthracene and naphthalene, with baseline resolution. Select the possible modifications the researcher could make to improve the resolution. use a column with a smaller inner diameter decrease the column length increase the stationary phase thickness increase the temperature choose a different stationary phase

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A young researcher set out to develop a method for quantifying the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content in a
contaminated soil sample using open tubular gas chromatography. During the initial stages of method development, the
researcher was unable to separate the early eluting compounds, anthracene and naphthalene, with baseline resolution.
Select the possible modifications the researcher could make to improve the resolution.
use a column with a smaller inner diameter
decrease the column length
increase the stationary phase thickness
increase the temperature
choose a different stationary phase

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