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Table 5 Robustness of the method

From: A new gas chromatographic method development and validation for the simultaneous determination of ibuprofen and caffeine in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage form

Parameter changes

Retention time

Area ratio

Theoretical plates

Tailing factor

Resolutiona

IBU

CAF

IBU/IS

CAF/IS

IBU

CAF

IBU

CAF

IBU

CAF

Initial temperature of the oven

148 °C

2.61

4.10

50.70

3.65

128475

125034

1.04

1.12

19.77

25.00

150 °C

2.59

4.03

50.66

3.62

129940

125500

1.02

1.10

19.99

25.01

152 °C

2.53

4.00

50.59

3.60

130100

126500

1.01

1.09

20.00

25.55

 %RSD

1.66

1.25

0.11

0.70

Flow rate

0.9 mL/min

2.61

4.09

50.9

3.65

128888

122847

1.03

1.12

20.00

24.99

1 mL/min

2.59

4.02

50.60

3.61

129925

125499

1.01

1.10

20.01

25.19

1.1 mL/min

2.52

4.01

50.50

3.58

130487

127374

1.00

1.09

20.09

25.25

 %RSD

1.84

1.08

0.41

0.97

  1. aResolution with respect to former peak