Question

Which of the following is not a property of a good detector used in liquid chromatography?

(a) Good sensitivity

(b) Ability to function in the presence of a large background signal

(c) Short response time

(d) Volume of detector must be large

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (d) Volume of detector must be large

To explain: The volume of the detector must be small. If the volume of the detector is large it may lead to band broadening.