This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
This application brief highlights the analysis of diclofenac using XTerra MS C18 columns.
Diclofenac in rat plasma has been analyzed in this study.
            
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                     Column:  | 
                     XTerra MS C18 2.1 x 30 mm, 3.5 μm (p/n: 186000398)  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase A:  | 
                     0.05% HCOOH  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase B:  | 
                     ACN  | 
            
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                     Isocratic mobile phase composition:  | 
                     60% A; 40% B  | 
            
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                     Flow rate:  | 
                     0.2 mL/min  | 
            
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                     Injection volume:  | 
                     50 μL  | 
            
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                     Detection:  | 
                     MS ESI-  | 
            
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                     Instrument:  | 
                     Alliance 2790, Micromass Quattro Ultima  | 
            
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                     Ion source:  | 
                     ESI-  | 
            
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                     Source temp.:  | 
                     150 °C  | 
            
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                     Gas cell:  | 
                     1.5e-3 mbar, 12 eV  | 
            
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                     Desolvation temp.:  | 
                     350 °C  | 
            
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                     Cone gas flow:  | 
                     150 L/hr  | 
            
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                     Drying gas flow:  | 
                     600 L/hr  | 
            
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                     Cone voltage:  | 
                     30 V  | 
            
            
        
            
        WA20738.037, June 2002