Backpressure
The pressure the pump develops to push mobile phase through the column. Rising backpressure across a sequence indicates a blocking frit or a fouled column inlet.
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 11 glossary terms beginning with B