From Agilent Technologies - Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Divisions

Column plugging is the most frequent cause of LC column failure. Injecting samples containing even small amounts of particulates clogs the inlet and causes high column backpressure, retention time shift, and loss of resolution. What's more, column lifetime can be shortened considerably.

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