Question

This process’s Lui easy freeze variant is used to isolate red blood cell antibodies during freeze-thaw cycles. This process is performed multiple times in succession in a technique’s “heart cutting” variant. Improperly calibrated rates of this process (-5[1])can result in “fronting” or “tailing,” as exemplified by 2,2′-bipy (“BIP-pee”) in the presence of metal contamination. Methanol and acetonitrile concentrations are varied in the gradient mode of this (-5[1])process (-5[1])but (-5[1])not in its (10[1])isocratic (10[1])mode. (10[1]-5[2])Performing (10[3])this process on multiple analytes can cause a trade-off between peak broadening (10[1])and retention time (10[1])known as this process’s (10[1])“general problem.” (10[2])During this (10[1])process, (-5[1])an analyte loses contact with a stationary (-5[1])phase after interacting with a mobile phase. (10[1])For 10 points, name this process in which a compound is removed from a column during (10[1])chromatography. ■END■ (10[8]0[2])

ANSWER: elution [or general elution problem; accept isocratic elution or gradient elution; accept Lui easy freeze elution; prompt on any form of chromatography by asking “what step?”]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2492%0%33%101.32

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Bryan UgazArizona StateUC Berkeley B36-5
Matt SchiavoneNorthwesternWUSTL A64-5
Jason ZhangToronto CMIT65-5
Raymond ChenToronto BHarvard66-5
Richard NiuCornell ATexas6910
Andrew WangIllinois AIndiana7010
Rohan DalalGeorgia TechJohns Hopkins71-5
Calvin BostlemanOhio StateNorth Carolina B7110
Derek ChenColumbia BMaryland71-5
Caleb OttWaterloo BOttawa7210
Tiffany ZhouFloridaNYU7210
Adam FineChicago ARutgers7210
Geoffrey WuColumbia ANorth Carolina A8410
June YinWUSTL BPenn State8710
Tim MorrisonStanfordToronto A9110
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechIowa State9310
Ezra SantosChicago BMinnesota9310
Liam KusalikWaterloo AUC Berkeley A9510
Andres CordobaYaleGeorgia State96-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganVirginia103-5
Shiva TegullaUCFCornell B11010
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaLSE12610
Andy YuMarylandColumbia B12810
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BArizona State12810
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMichigan1280
Yash MandaviaIllinois BRIT12810
Joy AnHarvardToronto B12810
Yrwin BatanMITToronto C12810
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsGeorgia Tech12810
Neal JoshiWUSTL ANorthwestern12810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWinona State1280
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateYale12810