Trace elemental speciation by HPLC using microbore columns hyphenated to atomic spectrometry: A review
Résumé
In the past few years, the need to answer to trace metal speciation in natural samples resulted in the development of the couplings between HPLC and atomic spectrometry. Progress was made in both domains, leading notably to the use of microbore columns. This review presents the main applications of this type of columns. Microbore columns are essentially used in reversed phase chromatography, ion pairing reversed phase chromatography and ion exchange and applied to the analyses of water samples.