Chromatographic developments in low flow delivery for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

A method has been demonstrated for producing accurate, reproducible gradients at low microliter per minute flow-rates suitable for liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric (LC-MS) applications using capillary chromatography columns. The technique employs a low-cost, well characterized balance-column flow-splitter which can be simply added to a high-performance LC-MS solvent delivery system. Performance of the pump for LC-MS techniques at higher flow-rates is preserved.