Capillary electrophoresis i.k.
surfactant or chiral components.
CZE is often used in the biology, particularly for the analysis of peptides and proteins.
CZE also finds application in pharmaceutical analysis, the study of metabolites and
environmental analysis. Inorganic ions and organic acids, which are traditionally determined
by ion chromatography, may also be analyzed CZE. Since ions, in general, are not
chromophores and even absorb ultraviolet light, it is necessary to operate with indirect UV
detection. For this use as buffer solutions are used solutions of chromate or imidazole and
detected at a buffer maximum absorption wavelength (e.g., 254 nm for chromate).
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