<p><strong>In this episode of ‪ChromatographyTalk‬, ‪Organomation‬ General Manager David Oliva sits down with Michelle Taylor, Editor-in-Chief of LabCompare, to go behind the scenes of their groundbreaking two-part documentary series on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).</strong></p><p>The conversation kicks off with a startling revelation: many of the world’s leading PFAS experts have completely stopped eating seafood due to high contamination levels discovered during testing. From there, we dive deep into the technical and regulatory challenges facing today's analytical laboratories.</p><h4><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>The Laboratory Throughput Crisis:</strong> Why labs are currently "overwhelmed with samples" and how tiered testing—using single quad instruments for screening before moving to triple quads—is helping to manage capacity without sacrificing sensitivity.</li><li><strong>The Battle Against Background Contamination:</strong> Why PTFE-free (PFAS-free) laboratory equipment is no longer optional when trying to detect "forever chemicals" at the parts-per-trillion and parts-per-quadrillion levels.</li><li><strong>Complex Matrices (Seafood &amp; Packaging): </strong>The technical hurdles of analyzing high-lipid samples like fish and the rising demand for migration testing as states like Rhode Island begin to phase out PFAS in food packaging.</li><li><strong>Global Regulatory Shifts:</strong> A look at the "dual compliance model" required for labs supporting international exporters, especially with the European Union’s stricter enforcement compared to the U.S. monitoring approach.</li><li><strong>The "Grand Challenge" of Unknowns: </strong>How EPA Method 1621 (Total Organic Fluorine) is helping labs close the mass balance gap and why the next generation of bench chemists must embrace *AI and data science* to manage the massive datasets generated by high-resolution mass spectrometry.</li><li><strong>PFAS Destruction vs. Remediation:</strong> &nbsp;The promising (and problematic) methods for breaking the carbon-fluorine bond, and why incineration may inadvertently be spreading shorter-chain PFAS into the air.</li></ul><p>Whether you are a lab manager looking to future-proof your workflow or a chemist navigating the ever-evolving landscape of EPA Method 1633, this episode provides essential insights into the most pressing environmental crisis of our time.</p><h3><strong>Video Transcription</strong></h3><h4><strong>Michelle Taylor: PFAS Testing Is Becoming a Much Bigger Analytical Challenge</strong></h4><p><strong>PFAS analysis has rapidly evolved from a specialized environmental testing problem into a much broader challenge involving drinking water, food, packaging, laboratory contamination, international regulation, data analysis, and even destruction technologies. In an interview with Michelle Taylor, Editor-in-Chief of Labcompare, the discussion explored what laboratories are learning from the latest PFAS research—and why the analytical demands are likely to continue growing.</strong></p><p>Taylor leads editorial content for <strong>Labcompare</strong>, an online resource covering analytical laboratory instrumentation, products, and scientific developments. Among the projects she considers particularly important are two long-form documentaries produced by Labcompare examining per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), first through drinking water and subsequently through food.</p><p>The documentaries brought together subject-matter experts working across PFAS analysis and exposed some of the practical realities laboratories now face: rapidly changing regulations, extremely low detection limits, complex matrices, contamination risks, and sample volumes that can overwhelm laboratory capacity.</p><h4><strong>From drinking water to seafood</strong></h4><p>One of the most memorable findings for Taylor came during production of the second documentary, which focused on PFAS in food.</p><p>Several experts interviewed for the project told her they had stopped eating seafood, in some cases many years earlier, because of concerns surrounding contamination. For Taylor, the consistency and immediacy of those responses illustrated how closely analytical research can intersect with everyday decisions.</p><p>Seafood also demonstrates why PFAS testing can become analytically difficult.</p><p>Fish and other high-lipid samples require effective extraction to release the analytes, followed by rigorous cleanup to remove fats. According to the experts Taylor interviewed, the cleanup step is particularly critical because residual lipids can damage LC columns and create severe matrix interferences.</p><p>Laboratories are therefore using approaches such as enhanced matrix removal and carbon- or silica-based sorbents to reduce the lipid content of extracts before instrumental analysis. The goal is not simply obtaining sufficient recovery, but producing an extract clean enough to maintain analytical performance and laboratory throughput.</p><h4><strong>How laboratories are handling the PFAS sample burden</strong></h4><p>The analytical sensitivity now required for PFAS testing presents another challenge: laboratories may need to measure compounds at <strong>parts-per-trillion levels</strong> while processing growing numbers of samples.</p><p>Automation has therefore become increasingly important, particularly during sample preparation, where repetitive manual procedures can otherwise create a major bottleneck.</p><p>Taylor also described a <strong>tiered analytical strategy</strong> being used by some laboratories. A less demanding measurement can first be used for screening, while samples generating a positive result are subsequently transferred to a more sensitive platform, such as triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry, for confirmation and quantitation.</p><p>This type of workflow can help laboratories concentrate their highest-performance instrumentation on the samples that actually require it rather than applying the most intensive analysis to every incoming sample.</p><p>The broader principle is likely to become increasingly important as PFAS testing expands: laboratories must find ways to increase throughput without sacrificing the sensitivity demanded by regulatory methods.</p><h4><strong>When the laboratory itself becomes a source of PFAS</strong></h4><p>At trace concentrations, contamination introduced during sample preparation or measurement can become comparable to the concentration being determined.</p><p>This makes the materials used throughout the analytical workflow particularly important.</p><p>Taylor emphasized that PFAS laboratories must maintain continuous awareness of potential contamination from <strong>solvents, water, tubing, containers, and other laboratory components</strong>. Equipment containing fluoropolymers such as PTFE may be problematic in certain PFAS workflows because background contamination can contribute to false positives or elevated blanks.</p><p>As detection limits move lower, dedicated PFAS-compatible or fluoropolymer-free laboratory equipment becomes increasingly valuable.</p><p>Taylor described manufacturers offering clearly identified PFAS-free configurations as an important response to this problem. Rather than forcing laboratories to investigate the material composition of each component individually, dedicated configurations can simplify method implementation and reduce uncertainty about potential background sources.</p><p>For laboratories already dealing with demanding workflows and large sample loads, eliminating potential contamination before it occurs can save considerable troubleshooting time.</p><h4><strong>Food packaging could drive the next major wave of testing</strong></h4><p>PFAS concerns are not limited to the food itself.</p><p>The interview also examined <strong>food-contact materials</strong>, including takeout containers and other packaging from which PFAS may migrate into food. State-level restrictions in the United States are already beginning to affect the materials manufacturers can use.</p><p>For contract laboratories, this creates the possibility of another significant increase in demand for compliance and migration testing.</p><p>Taylor’s recommendation is straightforward: laboratories should follow proposed regulations before they become final.</p><p>Waiting until a new requirement takes effect can leave a laboratory simultaneously trying to acquire instrumentation, establish methods, train staff, and respond to customer demand. Monitoring regulatory agencies, scientific meetings, and industry discussions earlier gives laboratories time to prepare analytical capabilities before the testing requirement becomes urgent.</p><p>She expects PFAS restrictions in food packaging to continue developing first through a patchwork of individual state regulations. Once a sufficient number of states adopt restrictions, however, the economics may increasingly encourage suppliers to move toward PFAS-free materials regardless of whether every jurisdiction requires them.</p><p>A national standard could eventually follow that transition.</p><h4><strong>One sample, two regulatory environments</strong></h4><p>International food exporters face another complication: <strong>PFAS requirements are not necessarily the same between the United States and European Union</strong>.</p><p>Taylor noted that laboratories serving both markets may effectively need to operate under a dual-compliance model.</p><p>In the interview, she highlighted EU requirements targeting specific PFAS—including <strong>PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS</strong>—at very low concentrations in certain foods, while the U.S. approach has historically involved a different combination of monitoring programs, evolving compound lists, and import-related requirements.</p><p>For laboratories supporting international customers, this means more than simply selecting a different reporting limit.</p><p>Different markets may require different target lists, methods, documentation, auditing, and compliance procedures. Laboratories therefore need analytical platforms capable of ultratrace measurements while also maintaining the operational flexibility to support multiple regulatory frameworks.</p><p>That additional complexity also carries a practical cost: performing different protocols for different jurisdictions means more staff time, additional workflow management, and potentially greater instrument demand.</p><h4><strong>Total fluorine screening can help laboratories decide what to analyze next</strong></h4><p>Targeted LC-MS/MS methods are highly sensitive, but they only measure compounds included in the analytical panel.</p><p>This creates an important question: <strong>what about fluorinated substances that are present but are not included in the targeted method?</strong></p><p>The interview discussed <strong>EPA Method 1621</strong>, which uses a broader fluorine-based screening approach. Taylor described this type of measurement as useful for helping laboratories assess the gap between compounds captured by targeted LC-MS/MS methods and the broader amount of organofluorine present in a sample.</p><p>Such screening can also become part of a tiered workflow.</p><p>For applications such as food packaging, laboratories could initially use a broader fluorine measurement to determine whether a sample warrants further investigation. Positive or suspicious samples could then move to more selective and sensitive targeted analysis for identification and quantitation.</p><p>Non-targeted high-resolution mass spectrometry can add another layer by revealing compounds outside conventional target lists.</p><p>Together, these approaches create a funnel from broad screening toward increasingly detailed characterization rather than attempting the most comprehensive analysis on every sample from the outset.</p><h4><strong>PFAS analysis is becoming a data problem too</strong></h4><p>High-resolution mass spectrometry can generate enormous datasets containing signals from large numbers of known and unknown compounds.</p><p>As a result, Taylor believes the role of the analytical chemist is changing.</p><p>Strong laboratory skills remain essential, but scientists increasingly need <strong>data literacy</strong> as well. Understanding complex datasets, working with advanced software, and interacting effectively with artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools are becoming important parts of modern analytical work.</p><p>Taylor does not see this change primarily as replacing scientific expertise.</p><p>Instead, she compares it with earlier laboratory automation: repetitive or technically demanding tasks can increasingly be handled by software, allowing scientists to spend more time interpreting results and making decisions.</p><p>AI may also make sophisticated analytical information more accessible. A less experienced mass spectrometry user could potentially receive explanations of complex data through software capable of presenting results in natural language, reducing dependence on a single specialist being immediately available.</p><p>There is another potential advantage beyond speed.</p><p>Machine-learning systems can recognize patterns across large datasets that may be difficult or impossible for an individual scientist to detect manually. As analytical datasets become larger and multidimensional, that pattern-recognition capability could become increasingly valuable.</p><h4><strong>Finding PFAS is only the first half of the problem</strong></h4><p>For years, much of the PFAS discussion has focused on answering two questions:</p><ul><li><strong>Are PFAS present, and how much is there?</strong></li></ul><p>The next challenge is considerably harder: <strong>how do we actually remove or destroy them?</strong></p><p>Taylor described this as an expanding research field that will increasingly involve analytical laboratories.</p><p>The strength of the carbon-fluorine bond makes PFAS destruction difficult. Some treatment approaches seek to break this bond and achieve complete defluorination, but incomplete destruction can create another analytical problem.</p><p>For example, thermal treatment may transform longer-chain PFAS into shorter-chain fluorinated compounds rather than eliminating them completely. Those products may then enter another environmental compartment, including atmospheric emissions.</p><p>Consequently, laboratories studying PFAS destruction must do more than measure disappearance of the original compound. They also need to determine whether <strong>fluorinated transformation products or other byproducts remain</strong>.</p><p>Analytical chemistry therefore has two roles: monitoring PFAS contamination and demonstrating whether remediation technologies truly destroy the substances they are intended to remove.</p><h4><strong>The PFAS problem is expanding beyond water and food</strong></h4><p>The first two Labcompare documentaries focused primarily on <strong>water and food</strong>, two matrices already receiving substantial regulatory and public attention.</p><p>But Taylor does not expect the story to end there.</p><p>If Labcompare produces another PFAS documentary, she sees <strong>PFAS in air</strong> as a likely subject. Discussions with experts during earlier filming repeatedly raised atmospheric contamination, including both direct environmental occurrence and emissions potentially associated with treatment or destruction processes.</p><p>The progression illustrates how quickly the PFAS field is expanding.</p><p>Drinking water regulation accelerated analytical development. Food testing introduced more difficult matrices and new exposure pathways. Packaging is creating another compliance challenge. Environmental remediation raises questions about destruction products. Atmospheric monitoring could become another significant frontier.</p><p>For laboratories already working with chromatography and mass spectrometry, Taylor’s message is essentially to be prepared—even organizations that do not currently consider themselves “PFAS laboratories” may eventually become involved.</p><h4><strong>An analytical field that is still changing rapidly</strong></h4><p>Perhaps the strongest theme running through the interview is that PFAS analysis has no fixed endpoint yet.</p><p>Methods continue to evolve. Regulations change. Target compound lists expand. Instrument sensitivity improves. Laboratories discover new sources of background contamination, while researchers identify additional exposure pathways and investigate new destruction technologies.</p><p>Taylor compares the situation to earlier periods of rapid analytical development, such as the evolution of forensic DNA analysis: each technological advance reveals more information, which in turn creates new questions and new analytical requirements.</p><p>That makes preparation particularly important.</p><p>Laboratories cannot predict every future regulation, but they can follow proposed requirements, develop flexible workflows, invest in contamination control and data capabilities, and understand how their existing chromatography and mass spectrometry expertise could be applied to emerging PFAS challenges.</p><p>The analytical problem is no longer simply detecting a group of “forever chemicals.”</p><p>It is becoming a much larger question of <strong>how we identify them, quantify them, prevent contamination during analysis, understand their movement through food and the environment, comply with evolving regulations, and ultimately prove that they have actually been destroyed.</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>This text has been automatically transcribed from a video presentation using AI technology. It may contain inaccuracies and is not guaranteed to be 100% correct.</strong></p></blockquote><blockquote><h4><strong>Concentrating on Chromatography Podcast</strong></h4><p>Dive into the frontiers of chromatography, mass spectrometry, and sample preparation with host David Oliva. Each episode features candid conversations with leading researchers, industry innovators, and passionate scientists who are shaping the future of analytical chemistry. From decoding PFAS detection challenges to exploring the latest in AI-assisted liquid chromatography, this show uncovers practical workflows, sustainability breakthroughs, and the real-world impact of separation science. Whether you’re a chromatographer, lab professional, or researcher you'll discover inspiring content!</p><p>You can find <strong>Concentrating on Chromatography Podcast </strong>in podcast apps:</p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1wZg67rCjoGju4yhqxI3tL"><strong>Spotify</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/concentrating-on-chromatography/id1788429185"><strong>Apple podcast</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://podscan.fm/podcasts/concentrating-on-chromatography"><strong>podscan</strong></a></li></ul><p>and on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/@ChromatographyTalk/videos"><strong>YouTube channel</strong></a></p></blockquote>

PFAS in Water, Food & Packaging: Michelle Taylor on the "Forever Chemicals" Documentary Series

<p><strong>In the week of September 7, the following webinars await you in the field of liquid phase and especially HPLC and LC/MS.</strong></p><blockquote><h4><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4><p><strong>👉 Search and filter in the largest global database</strong> with over <strong>6 000 GC, LC, MS and spectroscopy webinars</strong>.</p></blockquote><h5><strong>1. Thermo Fisher Scientific: Spatial Proteomics for Translational Research</strong></h5><ul><li>Tu, 8.9.2026 07:00 CEST</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://labrulez.com/en-us/all/webinar/6456">Registration</a></li></ul><p>Learn how Thermo Fisher's EVOS S1000 system and Aluora kits reduce sample costs for tumor imaging and support spatial proteomics workflows in translational research.</p><h5><strong>2. 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Waters Corporation: GLP-1 Analogs: Enhancing Impurity Profiling with LC-UV/MS Workflows</strong></h5><ul><li>Th, 10.9.2026 17:00 CEST</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://labrulez.com/en-us/all/webinar/6467">Registration</a></li></ul><p>Learn how LC-UV/MS and HRMS workflows support GLP-1 therapeutic impurity profiling, including identification of sequence variants and degradation pathways.</p><h5><strong>9. Technology Networks: Tackling Bispecific Antibody Purification: A Polishing Case Study</strong></h5><ul><li>Th, 10.9.2026 17:00 CEST</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://labrulez.com/en-us/all/webinar/6468">Registration</a></li></ul><p>Explore resin screening strategies for bispecific antibody polishing to remove product-related impurities and support efficient process scale-up.</p><h5><strong>10. 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By giving you greater confidence in your results, minimizing your risk, and increasing efficiency, you will have more time to generate meaningful data and focus on your next scientific breakthrough.</strong></p><h5><strong>With the ACQUITY Premier Solution you can:</strong></h5><ul data-spread="false"><li>Increase confidence in every result</li><li>Minimize risk of undetected analytes</li><li>Get to the right answer – faster</li></ul><h3><span><strong>Stop looking and start seeing</strong></span></h3><p data-pm-slice="1 3 []"><span>The ACQUITY Premier Solution enables your lab to make informed decisions and reduce risk with stronger analytical capabilities to detect more of your sample components from the very beginning. Get the highest limits of detection, more consistent results, and better recovery, so you can see what you couldn’t before.</span></p><h5><span><strong>The ACQUITY Premier Solution can help you:</strong></span></h5><ul data-spread="false"><li>Decrease time-to-result</li><li>Reduce time on method development</li><li>Increase overall efficiency in the laboratory</li></ul><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1148/1223;" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_2_50afcbba6d.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY PREMIER Solution: The ACQUITY Premier Solution consists of the ACQUITY Premier System, ACQUITY Premier Columns, and QuanRecovery™ Vials and Plates with MaxPeak™ HPS." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_2_50afcbba6d.jpg 147w," sizes="100vw" width="1148" height="1223"></figure><h3><span><strong>MaxPeak High Performance Surfaces Technology</strong></span></h3><p>The ACQUITY Premier Solution is designed with MaxPeak High Performance Surfaces (HPS) Technology, which offers improvements in separation and detection of metal-sensitive analytes. By mitigating non-specific binding, the ACQUITY Premier Solution provides:</p><ul data-spread="false"><li>Dramatic improvements in RP and HILIC applications for organic acids, organophosphates, oligonucleotides, peptides, glycans, and phospholipids</li><li>Increased sensitivity reducing risk of undetected analytes</li><li>Increased efficiency by eliminating time-consuming system and column passivation</li><li>Greater reproducibility and increased confidence in results</li></ul><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1183/1177;" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_3_ca85533e85.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY PREMIER Solution: ACQUITY Premier Solution performance without time-consuming passivation – analysis of insulin receptor – doubly phosphorylated peptide (TRDIpYETDpYYRK)." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_3_ca85533e85.jpg 157w," sizes="100vw" width="1183" height="1177"></figure><h3><strong>Holistic solutions for optimal performance</strong></h3><p>A true measure of excellence for Waters is in orchestrating consistent instrument and chemistry optimization, enabling you to fine-tune your system to your specific analytical need, rapidly change between applications, and consistently maintain a high level of confidence in every result.</p><p>The outcome is better quality data faster and improved system-to-system and column-to-column reproducibility, allowing methods to be transferred between analysts, instruments, and laboratories.</p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1534/1271;" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_4e1b9e6b60.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY PREMIER Solution: The ACQUITY Premier Solution significantly reduces analyte/surface interaction of sensitive compounds for improved chromatographic performance in RPLC/MS-based separations." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_4e1b9e6b60.jpg 188w," sizes="100vw" width="1534" height="1271"></figure><h3><span><strong>Improve spectral quality and analyte identification</strong></span></h3><p><span>Obtaining high-quality mass spectrometry spectra is central to structural elucidation and analyte identification. The process of obtaining these spectra is often confounded by spectral overlap from closely eluting analytes or poor-quality MS signal due to low peak concentration. MaxPeak HPS Technology eliminates secondary interactions from metals, reducing chromatographic peak tailing. The result is more gaussian peaks, reduced chromatographic coelution, and superior spectral quality.</span></p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1291/1172;" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_4_def1e84e9a.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY PREMIER Solution: Improve spectral quality and analyte identification." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_4_def1e84e9a.jpg 171w," sizes="100vw" width="1291" height="1172"></figure><h3><span><strong>Global Services: Committed to your success</strong></span></h3><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>As part of the ACQUITY Premier experience, one of our applications specialists will work with you to ensure you are getting everything you need from your system. We have a flexible range of support plans to ensure you get the most out of your system:</span></p><h4><span><strong>FlexChoice™ MySystem Coverage&nbsp;</strong></span></h4><p><span>Choose the support you need – no more, no less. The Waters service team offers personalized and flexible support, maintenance, and service options to meet your unique lab requirements.</span></p><h4><span><strong>Compliance Services</strong></span></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Simplify your process of validating, qualifying, and record-keeping with consulting services to help meet your regulatory guidelines.</span></p><h4><span><strong>Professional Services</strong></span></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Waters comprehensive suite of consultative services, software applications, and analytical business tools guide you on your path to increased efficiencies and lower costs.</span></p><h4><span><strong>FlexUp™ Technology Renewal Program</strong></span></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Benefit from ongoing seamless upgrades to our latest LC and mass spec instrumentation and software and eliminate the issues associated with older instrumentation.</span></p><p><span>*Coming soon to all regions.</span></p><h3><span><strong>Informatics: Get more from your data for more trusted decisions</strong></span></h3><p><span>Capture, manage, integrate, and analyze your LC and MS data with our informatics platforms, improving discovery and manufacturing, quality and integrity, and reducing time to market. Easily and seamlessly conduct scientific searches, integrate networks, manage compliance, and streamline operations.</span></p><h4><span><strong>Empower™ Chromatography Data System</strong></span></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Your entire laboratory operates better with Empower Software, which makes it easier than ever to run samples and produce meaningful results, all while ensuring adherence to strict compliance requirements.</span></p><h4><span><strong>MassLynx™ Software</strong></span></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Increase laboratory productivity with Waters MassLynx™ Software, which simplifies interaction with and improves your MS system with an intuitive interface, intelligent instrument control, and software features built around the focus of your analysis - the sample.</span></p><h4><span><strong>Unifi™</strong></span></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Merges LC and high-performance MS data into a single solution, providing organizations with the flexibility to deploy UNIFI-based systems within regulated and non-regulated laboratory environments.</span><br><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_5_2d2c9ba640.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY PREMIER Solution " srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_PREMIER_Solution_5_2d2c9ba640.jpg 234w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="682"></p>

Waters ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System

The ACQUITY APC System Increase sample throughput and laboratory operations by obtaining accurate and repeatable sample separation up to 20 time faster than before.

<div><div><h4><strong>The highest performance for polymers and oligomers</strong></h4></div></div><div><div><p><strong>Today’s polymer scientists operate within an increasingly dynamic market space, one with a growing demand for high-performing materials, bio-material innovations, and intense competition. But the long run times of traditional chromatography polymer characterization has made keeping up with this demand a challenge for many labs.</strong></p><p>Not anymore. With the <strong>next era in polymer separation</strong>, the <strong>ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System</strong>, you can achieve the <strong>highest resolution size-based separations</strong> for <strong>chromatographic polymer and oligomer characterization</strong>, all <strong>faster than ever</strong>. With the <strong>ACQUITY APC System</strong>, you can <strong>improve data consistency and quality</strong> with <strong>fast, daily calibration</strong>, and <strong>automate your method development</strong> with <strong>advanced system technologies</strong> – so you can <strong>innovate faster</strong> while <strong>improving lab operations.</strong></p><div><div><div><div><h3><strong>Features and Benefits</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Accelerate your insights</strong> - Reduce laboratory turnaround times for polymer samples by getting answers to your development labs, your manufacturing operations teams, and your customers 5 to 20 times faster than traditional SEC/GPC with the ultra-low system dispersion of the ACQUITY APC System paired with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/1950"><strong>ACQUITY APC Columns</strong></a>.</li><li><strong>Get the accurate data you need for informed decisions</strong> - Gain more insight into your polymer samples through compatibility with a wide range of specific detection techniques (refractive index, UV/Vis, PDA, ELS) and third-party advanced detectors like multi-angle light scattering and viscometry. Get accurate molecular weight (MW) data every day with the precise flow delivery of the isocratic solvent manager.</li><li><strong>Optimize method development, even in harsh conditions</strong> - Optimize method development via rapid and automated solvent switching and aggressive solvent compatibility, which supports the harsh separation conditions associated with polymer analyses.</li><li><strong>Improve lab efficiency with one system</strong> - Increase analytical scope and laboratory efficiency by leveraging one system to perform multiple applications, including basic liquid chromatography (LC), gradient, isocratic, reverse-phase, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC).</li><li><strong>Simplify your column management</strong> - Simplify and optimize column bank calibration through standards that are matched to column bank MW ranges. Versatile column management allows you to automatically select up to two banks of <strong>ACQUITY APC</strong> columns and up to two banks of traditional GPC columns - all housed in a stable, temperature-controlled environment.</li></ul></div></div><div><div><h4><strong>Recommended Use</strong></h4><p>Highest-resolution, size-based separations for chromatographic polymer and oligomer characterization.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_APC_System_nakonfigurovany_pro_automaticke_prepinani_jak_APC_tak_GPC_kolon_e198c774f4/Waters-ACQUITY-APC-System-nakonfigurovany-pro-automaticke-prepinani-jak-APC-tak-GPC-kolon.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_APC_System_nakonfigurovany_pro_automaticke_prepinani_jak_APC_tak_GPC_kolon_e198c774f4/thumbnail_Waters-ACQUITY-APC-System-nakonfigurovany-pro-automaticke-prepinani-jak-APC-tak-GPC-kolon.jpg 213w," sizes="100vw" width="969" height="710"></p><div><div><h3><strong>Accelerate innovation with enhanced insight</strong></h3><p>Harnessing the benefits of advanced polymer chromatography with the ACQUITY APC System means obtaining accurate and repeatable polymer and oligomer molecular weight information anywhere between<strong> 5 to 20 times faster than was possible</strong> with traditional<strong> GPC/SEC technology</strong> - so you can innovate faster while improving laboratory operations.</p><p><strong>With the ACQUITY APC System, you can:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Reduce laboratory turnaround times for polymer samples&nbsp;</strong>by getting answers to your development labs, your manufacturing operations teams, and your customers - faster.</li><li><strong>Drive innovation</strong>&nbsp;with faster results and more information so that your entire operation can respond more rapidly by decreasing development cycle times and accelerating time to market.</li><li><strong>Streamline process monitoring</strong>&nbsp;and achieve better batch control with the agility to make timely decisions “on-the-fly” about process and synthesis optimization<strong>.</strong></li><li><strong>Significantly reduce the analysis cost per sample</strong>&nbsp;by reducing solvent consumption and waste disposal volumes.</li></ul><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_ca5154865a.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System: Accelerate your innovation with enhanced insight into polymer chemical structure with the ACQUITY APC System." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_ca5154865a.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="600"></p><div><div><h3><strong>Optimize method development with solvent switching and compatibility</strong></h3><p>Using the ACQUITY APC System with <strong>Polymer Quaternary Solvent Manager</strong> (p-QSM) <strong>technology </strong>provides chemists and polymer scientists with the ultimate flexibility to analyze the most complex polymer blends and additives using standard polymer chromatography, gradient polymer elution chromatography (GPEC), and reverse-phase LC with a single system.</p><p>Additional system features allow automated solvent selection of up to six different solvents. Automated column bank switching capabilities can also be paired with the rigid and solvent-resilient particles of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/1950"><strong>ACQUITY APC Columns</strong></a> to achieve the world’s first truly automated solution for method development of size-based polymer separations. This supports separation of polymers in hours, instead of days.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_2_b95f96f0a2.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System: Repeatable analysis of poly (methyl methacrylate co ethylacrylate) using the same two running ACQUITY APC 4.6 x 150 mm Columns (450 Å and 125 Å) in series after automated switching of the solvents from THF to toluene to DMF and back to THF." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_2_b95f96f0a2.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="609"></p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Use advanced detection for even more insights</strong></h3><p>Get the valuable decision-making information you need from a single analysis by equipping the ACQUITY APC System with advanced detectors. Combining the ACQUITY APC System with advanced detection solutions significantly increases information attainable from <strong>size-exclusion chromatography</strong> (SEC) analysis through addition of <strong>refractive index</strong> (RI), <strong>ultraviolet </strong>(UV),<strong> photodiode array </strong>(PDA), <strong>light scattering</strong> (LS), and <strong>differential viscometry</strong> (IV). Advanced detection options from <strong>Wyatt Technology</strong> are seamlessly integrated with ACQUITY APC System, enabling you to fully characterize samples to better inform the structure-property relationship of novel complex polymers.</p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Keep pace with your research with dedicated consumables</strong></h3><p>The ACQUITY APC System is even more powerful with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/nextgen/global/products/columns/acquity-apc-columns.html"><strong>ACQUITY APC Columns</strong></a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/nextgen/global/products/standards-and-reagents/acquity-advanced-polymer-chromatography-calibration-standards-ki.html"><strong>ACQUITY APC Calibration Standards Kits</strong></a>. The Ethylene Bridged Hybrid (BEH) Technology in ACQUITY APC Columns creates particles that ensure extreme column performance and long column lifetime under harsh operating conditions – ideal for general purpose, reversed-phase chromatography, and for method development due to extreme pH stability and applicability to the broadest range of compound classes.</p><p>With run times of less than 10 minutes, a bank of ACQUITY APC Columns can be <strong>calibrated in less than 30 minutes</strong> using ACQUITY APC Calibration Standards Kits.&nbsp;These standard kits have been matched to the MW range of ACQUITY APC Columns, generating a 10-point calibration for any bank combination in a simple dilute-and-shoot format. With daily column bank calibration, you can greatly improve data consistency to increase confidence in batch-to-batch measurements. Select the best column and calibration standards for a given application with our convenient <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/waters/promotionDetail.htm?id=134823417">selector tool</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_4_056bb6d284.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System: Ethylene Bridged Hybrid (BEH) Technology helps you keep up with the pace of your research with state-of-the-art reversed-phase and HILIC HPLC columns." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_4_056bb6d284.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="620"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_5_7a814e249b.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System: Improve data and consistency with ACQUITY APC Calibration Standards." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Advanced_Polymer_Chromatography_APC_System_5_7a814e249b.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="591"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System

Simplify and streamline your method development workflow. The ACQUITY H-Class PLUS Quaternary System automatically screens multiple column and eluent combinations to identify the separation conditions that provided the best chromatographic resolution.

<div><div><h4><strong>Performance that advances your lab</strong></h4></div></div><div><div><p><strong>Whether your goal is to rapidly develop new methods or to routinely analyze large numbers of incoming samples, the ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System can help you decrease the time to result, while increasing the depth and quality of information received from your sample analysis.</strong></p><p>With the ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System, you can improve laboratory productivity by transitioning methods to UPLC/UHPLC technology, improve the characterization of your most complex samples through enhanced resolution and leverage advanced tools to simplify and streamline your method development workflow.</p><div><div><div><div><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_5_55c4c9e990.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System: Simplify and streamline your method development workflow. The ACQUITY H-Class PLUS Quaternary System automatically screens multiple column and eluent combinations to identify the separation conditions that provided the best chromatographic resolution. The system provides on-demand solvent blending and support for any analytical LC column, making it an ideal choice for modernizing existing or developing new methods." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_5_55c4c9e990.jpg 234w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="682"></p><div><div><ul><li><strong>Get the flexibility of multi-solvent blending</strong> - Blend up to nine solvents with integrated solvent-select valve with the Quaternary Solvent Manager&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Deliver precise and accurate binary solvent blending</strong> - Blend up to four solvents with integrated solvent-select valve with the Binary Solvent Manager</li><li><strong>Get high-precision injections with direct inject sampling&nbsp;</strong>- The needle-in-flow path design ensures an accurate needle seal at high pressure</li><li><strong>Get accurate temperature control across the entire column</strong> - Configurable for 1 to 6 columns with active preheating</li><li><strong>Automate the formulation of mobile phases</strong> - Significantly reduce the time you spend in the prep lab with&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/waters/global/Auto%E2%80%A2Blend-Plus/nav.htm?cid=134623262"> Auto•Blend Plus </a>Technology</li><li><strong>Transfer methods more easily</strong> - Easily adjust for system volume differences when transferring methods from an alternative LC system without alteration to the method table using Gradient SmartStart </li><li><strong>Wide software support</strong> – ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System is supported by  <strong>Empower, MassLynx, UNIFI</strong>, and several 3rd party software packages</li></ul></div></div><div><div><h5><strong>Recommended Use</strong></h5><p>Improving laboratory productivity by transitioning methods to UPLC technology.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_6_2e9f1740ab.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System: A highly reliable and robust LC-MS system without any compromise in speed, resolution, or sensitivity, especially in everyday settings. The ACQUITY H-Class PLUS Binary System combines an optimized flow path resistant to clogging, stable high-pressure gradient formation, and support for sub-2-µm to 5-µm particle columns to deliver the ideal choice for reproducible everyday LC-MS analyses with any tandem quad or Q-ToF." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_6_2e9f1740ab.jpg 234w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="682"></p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Discover the UPLC difference</strong></h3><p>The <strong>ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System</strong> is the next evolution of ultra-performance instrumentation, providing the <strong>high resolution</strong> of a <strong>quaternary or binary liquid chromatography (LC) system</strong>.</p><p>Achieving <strong>true UPLC performance</strong> requires that system dispersion (or extra-column band spread) be matched to the peak widths associated with narrow bore columns packed with <strong>sub-2-μm particles</strong>. While other systems might be designed for high pressure, it doesn’t mean they're designed to deliver the <strong>sharp peaks of UPLC performance</strong> and the <strong>ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System</strong>.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_cd9c6e5cda.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System: Comparison of the same method with the same column on a low-dispersion ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System versus a higher-dispersion UHPLC system." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_cd9c6e5cda.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="555"></p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Take your methods to the next level</strong></h3><p>Leverage the benefits of <strong>UPLC technology</strong> to improve your existing <strong>HPLC methods</strong>. By scaling your methods to UPLC, your laboratory will benefit from the combination of <strong>increased resolution, sensitivity, and speed</strong> that comes with modern small particle chemistries.</p><p>Designed to accommodate all of your LC method needs, the <strong>ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System</strong> is ideally suited to <strong>future-proof your laboratory</strong>, enabling the support of existing HPLC methods now, and provide <strong>significant productivity and cost benefit</strong> when utilized for UPLC methods.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_2_97e7735374.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System: The USP analysis of diclazuril and organic impurities was scaled from HPLC to UHPLC to UPLC. The UPLC method resulted in a 4x reduction in run time and a 10x reduction in solvent consumption resulting in improved sample throughput and reduced cost per analysis." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_2_97e7735374.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="613"></p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Discover the best method for the best results</strong></h3><p>Get the <strong>versatility</strong> to discover the best set of chromatographic conditions for your sample, providing a <strong>more robust method</strong>. The flexibility of the <strong>ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS Quaternary System</strong> allows you to <strong>automatically screen important method parameters</strong>, including:</p><ul><li>Up to <strong>six columns</strong> in independently temperature-controlled compartments</li><li>pH and ionic strength with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/waters/Auto%E2%80%A2Blend-Plus/nav.htm?cid=134623262"><strong>Auto•Blend Plus</strong></a><strong> Technology</strong></li><li><strong>Optional and integrated solvent selection valve</strong> expands access to six additional mobile phase lines&nbsp;</li><li><strong>11 unique gradient profiles</strong></li></ul><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_3_fc2b3f925b.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System: (A) Auto·Blend Plus method gradient table for trastuzumab pH optimization. (B) pH optimization on trastuzumab charge variants separation. Gradient: 20 mM MES buffer, 50–155 mM NaCl in 15 min." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_3_fc2b3f925b.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="622"></p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Deliver greater speed and precision for routine analyses</strong></h3><p>The <strong>ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS Binary System</strong> combines the <strong>proven reliability and performance</strong> of the H-Class PLUS System with the <strong>precision and lowest system volume</strong> offered by our <strong>high-pressure mixing binary solvent manager</strong>, allowing you to:</p><ul><li>Accommodate the <strong>most challenging sample matrices</strong></li><li>Tackle applications with <strong>long shallow gradients</strong></li><li><strong>Improve the throughput</strong> of your methods</li></ul><p><strong>Combine </strong>the capabilities of the <strong>ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS Binary System</strong> with <strong>Waters </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/waters/global/Tandem-Quadrupole-%28-Triple-Quadrupole-%29-Mass-Spectrometry/nav.htm?cid=134656172"><strong>Tandem quadruple technology</strong></a><strong> </strong>for routine quantitative UPLC-MS/MS applications, so you can confidently quantify and trace components in the most complex of samples.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_4_618bbb6347.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System: Direct transfer without a gradient delay offers the opportunity for method improvement with the analysis time going from 5 minutes to 3 minutes representing a 40% reduction in runtime." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_H_Class_PLUS_System_4_618bbb6347.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="600"></p><h3><strong>Specifications</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Maximum operating pressure</strong>: 15,000 psi</li><li><strong>pH range</strong>: 1–12.5 (<i><span>For specific test conditions, contact your Waters sales representative)</span></i></li><li><strong>Operating flow rate range</strong>: Up to 2.2 mL/min</li><li><strong>Sample flow path</strong>: Stainless-steel</li><li><strong>Sample carryover</strong>: ≤0.002% (Caffeine) under UV conditions</li><li><strong>Sample compartment</strong>: 4–40 °C</li><li><strong>Pump options</strong>: Binary, Quaternary</li><li><strong>Solvent conditioning</strong>: Active Pre-heating</li><li><strong>Column tracking</strong>: eCord Technology tracks column information and archives column usage</li><li><strong>Column capacity</strong>: Up to 6 columns of 150 mm length and up to 4.6 mm I.D.</li><li><strong>Maximum sample capacity</strong>: Up to 20 plates (with Sample Organizer)</li><li><strong>Detector options</strong>:&nbsp;<ul><li>PDA Detector</li><li>TUV Detector</li><li>FLR Detector</li><li>RI Detector</li><li>ELS Detector</li><li>Mass Spectrometers</li></ul></li><li><strong>External control</strong>:&nbsp;<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/627">Empower Software</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/635">MassLynx Software</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/1544">waters_connect</a></li><li>UNIFI Scientific Information System</li></ul></li><li><strong>Physical specifications</strong> <strong>(QSM or BSM, SM-FTN, CHA):</strong><ul><li>Width: 34.3 cm (13.5 in.)</li><li>Height: 71.1 cm (28.0 in.)</li><li>Depth: 71.2 cm (28.0 in.)</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System

With the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System, your lab can achieve highly efficient, rapid separations from ultra-low dispersion and delay volume.

<div><div><h4><strong>Complex chromatography challenges, solved</strong></h4></div></div><div><div><p><strong>Looking for answers to the most complex scientific challenges is what you do, and the scientific tools you deploy and the information they provide can make all the difference. With industry-leading separations performance, the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System provides new possibilities for maximizing the resolution and sensitivity of your methods, enhancing the characterization of your samples, and improving productivity to advance the science of your laboratory.</strong></p><div><div><div><div><p>With the <strong>ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System</strong>, your lab can achieve <strong>highly efficient, rapid separations</strong> from <strong>ultra-low dispersion and delay volume</strong>. The system enables your lab to get <strong>narrow, ultra-efficient peaks</strong>, enhancing the <strong>sensitivity of any mass spectrometer</strong> and simplifying the characterization of the most complex sample.</p><ul><li><strong>Achieve precise and accurate binary solvent blending</strong> with the Binary Solvent Manager, ideal for up to four solvents with integrated solvent-select valve</li><li><strong>Get sample injection versatility</strong>, depending upon your application with the flow-through needle and fixed loop injector options</li><li><strong>Manage ultra-low carryover</strong> through programmable method settings to ensure compatibility even with the most sensitive mass spectrometers</li><li><strong>Get accurate temperature control</strong> across the entire column, configurable for 1 to 2 columns with active preheating</li><li><strong>Improve the performance of any mass spectrometer</strong> with the highest chromatographic resolution which minimizes interference from co-elutions</li><li><strong>Minimize the time and cost</strong> associated with annual qualification with the Waters Empower-based automated system qualification tool (SQT)</li><li><strong>Supported by Empower, Masslynx, UNIFI</strong>, and several third-party software packages</li></ul></div></div><div><div><h5><strong>Recommended Use</strong></h5><p><strong>Enhance the characterization of your samples</strong>, while <strong>improving productivity</strong> to advance the science of your laboratory.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_9b05f209f6.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System: ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System FTN-H PDA angled." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_9b05f209f6.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="637"></p><div><div><div><div><h3><strong>Get a clearer picture of your sample</strong></h3><p>Get improved resolution through <strong>reduced system dispersion</strong> with the <strong>ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System</strong>, providing separations that can amplify your research.</p><p><strong>Shorten analysis times</strong>, <strong>reduce solvent usage</strong>, and <strong>speed access to the data</strong> you need for critical decisions. Designed to fit into your existing LC workflow, the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System provides a <strong>clear view into what lies within the sample</strong>.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_2_c2d3e9e7d9.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System: In this example, the impurity analysis of tetracaine was run under the same conditions on the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System (system band spread of 4 µL) and a UHPLC system (system band spread of 20 µL). Significantly better resolution was achieved on the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_2_c2d3e9e7d9.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="595"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>An inlet that improves the performance of any MS</strong></h3><p>The ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System is designed specifically for the <strong>rapid pace of laboratories</strong> on the <strong>cutting edge of research</strong> where <strong>LC-MS plays a critical role</strong>.</p><p><strong>With the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System, your lab will:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Improve resolution and ionization efficiency</strong> with narrow peak widths, enhancing <strong>mass spectrometry sensitivity</strong></li><li><strong>Enhance sensitivity</strong> through <strong>industry-leading carryover performance</strong></li><li><strong>Improve sample characterization</strong> through <strong>selective isolation</strong> with multidimensional UPLC configurations</li><li><strong>Achieve exceptionally fast analysis times</strong> with <strong>ultra-low delay volume</strong></li><li><strong>Achieve ultimate peak capacity</strong> with <strong>CORTECS Columns</strong></li></ul><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_3_d8d5bb46be.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System: A high sensitivity UPLC-MS/MS bioanalytical methodology for the quantification of midazolam and imipramine in rat plasma using the Xevo TQ Absolute Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer in combination with an ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_3_d8d5bb46be.jpg 182w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="878"></p></div></div><div><div><h3><strong>Achieve ultimate peak capacity with CORTECS Columns</strong></h3><p>When paired with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.waters.com/nextgen/global/products/columns/cortecs-columns.html"><strong>CORTECS 1.6 µm solid-core columns</strong></a>, the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System enables scientists to achieve new levels of resolution, sensitivity, and chromatographic performance. With <strong>CORTECS Columns</strong> and the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System, you can increase resolution for even your toughest samples and get the flexibility and power you need to rapidly separate a wide array of compounds.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_4_2dfd32bd0d.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System: By pairing the ultra-low dispersion ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System with high-efficiency CORTECS Columns, you’ll achieve new levels of UPLC performance. These 1.6 µm columns deliver exceptional levels of efficiency, performance, and throughput, resulting in narrower peaks and higher peak capacity." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_UPLC_I_Class_PLUS_System_4_2dfd32bd0d.jpg 210w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="761"></p><h3><strong>Specifications</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Maximum operating pressure</strong>: 18,000 psi</li><li><strong>pH Range</strong>*: 1–12.5</li><li><strong>Operating flow rate range</strong>: Up to 2.0 mL/min</li><li><strong>Sample flow path</strong>: Stainless-steel</li><li><strong>Sample carryover</strong>: &lt;0.001% (Caffeine) under UV conditions</li><li><strong>Sample compartment</strong>: 4–40 °C</li><li><strong>Pump options</strong>: Binary</li><li><strong>Solvent conditioning</strong>: Active Pre-heating</li><li><strong>Column tracking</strong>: eCord Technology tracks column information and archives column usage</li><li><strong>Column capacity</strong>: Up to 2 columns of 150 mm length and up to 4.6 mm I.D.</li><li><strong>Maximum sample capacity</strong>: Up to 20 plates (with Sample Organizer)</li><li><strong>Detector options</strong>:&nbsp;<ul><li>PDA Detector</li><li>TUV Detector</li><li>FLR Detector</li><li>RI Detector</li><li>ELS Detector</li><li>Mass Spectrometers</li></ul></li><li><strong>External control</strong>:&nbsp;<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/627">Empower Software</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/635">MassLynx Software</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/1544">waters_connect</a></li><li>UNIFI Scientific Information System</li></ul></li><li><strong>Physical specifications (QSM or BSM, SM-FTN, CHA):</strong><ul><li>Width: 34.3 cm (13.5 in.)</li><li>Height: 71.1 cm (28.0 in.)</li><li>Depth: 71.2 cm (28.0 in.)</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div></div>

Waters ACQUITY Arc LC System

The ACQUITY™ Arc™ System is an all-in-one platform for HPLC and UHPLC, designed for robust method development and seamless transfer between modern LC systems, addressing a wide range of analytical challenges.

<p class="cke-user_style-important"><strong>Built upon a foundation of reliability</strong></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong>The method development process is changing. New regulations, software and analytical technologies are rapidly changing how methods are designed, transferred, and monitored over their lifecycle. An all-in-one platform for HPLC and UHPLC separations, the ACQUITY™ Arc™ System is designed to meet the spectrum of challenges you face from robust method development to seamless transfer between any modern LC systems.</strong></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">With the <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong>, you can experience true plug-and-play method compatibility for HPLC and UHPLC separations. Significant productivity gains can be realized by deploying a single LC platform that allows for the efficient transfer, adjustment, and improvement of methods from any LC platform without compromise in method integrity.</p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:768/886;" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_63246061ea.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_63246061ea.jpg 136w," sizes="100vw" width="768" height="886"></figure><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Laboratory-driven organizations have relied on Waters for over 60 years to deliver reliable, robust, and reproducible solutions to ensure confidence in their analytical results. With over 100,000 LC systems installed, we understand the significant impact the right technology has on your business, and the implications it has on characterizing the quality and safety of your products.</p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Methods with greater agility, robustness, and capacity for change can help you reduce regulatory burden, risk of failure and costs. Visit <a disabled="true">www.methods.waters.com</a> to learn more about how method life cycle management (MLCM) connects your method today to your method tomorrow.</p><h3><strong>Designed for discovery to routine QC applications</strong></h3><p>The <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> is the only available LC system with regulatory compliant-ready hardware and software for both HPLC and UHPLC separations in one instrument. With unrivaled column capacity and Arc Multi-flow path™ technology, the<strong> ACQUITY Arc System</strong> allows you to generate new methods and modernize legacy HPLC methods faster than ever before.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_2_c06ba42baa.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System: The ACQUITY Arc System can replicate your established HPLC methods by compensating for these differences with unique features such as the Arc Multi-Flow Path technology and Gradient SmartStart. These innovative attributes enable seamless replication of your existing chromatographic results to meet your acceptance criteria without changes to validated gradient tables." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_2_c06ba42baa.jpg 234w," sizes="100vw" width="1024" height="682"></p><h4><strong>Comprehensive detector portfolio</strong></h4><p>High-performance analytical detectors designed to maximize HPLC and UHPLC performance, delivering exceptional sensitivity and linearity for your assays.</p><p>Photodiode array, UV/Vis, fluorescence, refractive index, evaporative light scattering, and mass detection, including the ACQUITY QDa™ Detector.</p><h4><strong>Gradient SmartStart</strong></h4><p>Automatically manage gradient start time and pre-injection steps to maximize sample throughput. Automatically counteract differences in system dwell volume without the need to alter gradient table inputs.</p><h4><strong>Quaternary solvent management</strong></h4><p>Precise and accurate blending of up to four solvents with automated solvent compressibility compensation. Increase solvent flexibility with an optional, integrated solvent select valve, providing access to six additional solvents.</p><h4><strong>Negligible carryover</strong></h4><p>Advanced flow-through needle design minimizes carryover by continuously cleansing the needle during run. User-configurable wash settings provide flexibility to address even the most complex sample matrices.</p><h4><strong>Thermal management options</strong></h4><p>Column manager options available for up to 15 columns ranging in length from 50 mm to 300 mm, with a temperature range of 4 °C to 90 °C. Integrated column selection valve options provide unattended, fast column changeover.</p><h4><strong>Auto•Blend™ Plus Technology</strong></h4><p>Program gradients directly in terms of pH and ionic strength to minimize manual mobile phase preparation, reduce potential for human error, and accelerate method robustness testing for chromatographic methods.</p><h4><strong>Arc Multi-flow path technology</strong></h4><p>Delivers plug-and-play method compatibility with HPLC or UHPLC methods with the flip of a switch.</p><p>Easily replicate or improve established methods by simply selecting between Path 1 (HPLC) or Path 2 (UHPLC) without any manual user intervention.</p><h4><strong>Column Technology</strong></h4><p>Industry-leading selectivity choices to meet the needs of virtually every LC application.</p><h4><strong>Laboratory Informatics</strong></h4><p>Software control within your existing Empower™ or MassLynx™ infrastructure.</p><h3><strong>Replicate your established methods</strong></h3><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">The <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong>, enabled by unique Arc Multi-flow path technology, easily accepts and replicates methods from any HPLC platform, without compromise.&nbsp;</p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Whether you are trying to replicate an out-of-date HPLC method, transfer methods across the organization, or to contract partners, the <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> gives you ultimate flexibility to reproduce, modernize, and transfer existing methods with ease and greater cost efficiency, while preserving the integrity of your methods.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_3_c8c7901de3.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System: Analysis run on a Vendor X LC system and replicated on the ACQUITY Arc System. Conditions: 15 to 35% B in 3 min, 35 to 95% B in 2 min; Mobile phase A: 0.1% HCOOH in H 2 O, mobile phase B: 0.1% HCOOH in ACN; Flow rate = 2.0 mL/min; Column: XSelect™ CSH C 18 , 4.6 x 150 mm, 5 μm; Temp. = 30 °C; UV@ 260 nm; 10.0 μL injection volume." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_3_c8c7901de3.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1099" height="596"></p><p>Upgrade your laboratory with a versatile, modern LC system that delivers HPLC and UHPLC method compatibility at the flip of a switch.</p><h3><strong>Modernize your methods</strong></h3><p>The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is championing pharmacopeial harmonization and modernization efforts, and international organizations are following suit. As a result, the USP is encouraging the modernization of older compendial methods to ensure they are fit for purpose.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_4_a1aaab8d02.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System: Quetiapine fumarate system suitability solution analyzed on the ACQUITY Arc System using HPLC, UHPLC, and UPLC™ column/method conditions for the quetiapine impurity method. Peak identification: (1) quetiapine related compound G, (2) quetiapine related compound B, (3) quetiapine desethoxy, and (4) quetiapine." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_4_a1aaab8d02.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1092" height="678"></p><p>Revisions to these guidelines give you more flexibility to modify your existing pharmacopeial methods with modern techniques and technologies, and in some cases avoid revalidation. The <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong>, featuring the Waters Columns Calculator, allows you to confidently scale your gradient methods from a 3.5 μm to a 2.5 μm particle, decreasing run times, lowering solvent consumption, and increasing sample throughput.</p><h3><span><strong>Save time. Reduce cost.</strong></span></h3><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">With the right column, the <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> is the ideal solution to accommodate methods from any LC platform.&nbsp;</p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">From concept to production, the transition your product takes through the product development cycle often requires rigorous LC assays to properly characterize and assess its readiness to advance to the next stage. These LC assays are often adapted to accommodate the technology available from one stage to the next, in some cases requiring an adjustment from a smaller particle size (sub-2-μm) to a larger particle size (2.5 μm–5 μm).</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_5_d9dd95135c.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System: The ACQUITY Arc System enables the support of HPLC and UHPLC methods on a single platform." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_5_d9dd95135c.jpg 173w," sizes="100vw" width="959" height="860"></p><p>The <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> provides the flexibility to maximize productivity through efficient and rapid 2.5 μm–2.7 μm UHPLC separations, or to accommodate larger 3.0 μm–5 μm HPLC particles.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_6_1ebc2c67e7.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System: Save time. Reduce cost." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_6_1ebc2c67e7.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1683" height="469"></p><h3><span><strong>Mitigate your risk</strong></span></h3><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">With an expanded range of column manager options enabling up to 15-column switching from 4 °C to 90 °C, the <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> will help you significantly reduce the time spent generating robust methods. Equipped with the plug-and-play ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector, the <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> tracks peaks in your method and reveals hidden coelutions of similar analytes, ensuring you have complete confidence in the reliability and reproducibility of your method now and far into the future.</p><h4><strong>Thermal management options</strong></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Active and passive pre-heating options available, with up to 15-column switching from 4 °C to 90 °C. Automated monitoring and tracking of column usage with eCord™ technology available with active pre-heating options.</p><h4><strong>Quaternary solvent management</strong></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Accelerate your method development with precise and accurate blending of up to four solvents. Increase solvent flexibility with an optional solvent select valve, providing access to six additional solvents.</p><h4><strong>Auto•Blend Plus Technology</strong></h4><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Reduce human error and accelerate method robustness testing for chromatographic methods by programming gradients to control mobile phase pH and ionic strength.</p><h4><strong>Comprehensive detector portfolio</strong></h4><p>Diverse portfolio of detectors for method development, method transfer, and routine use.</p><h4><strong>ACQUITY QDa Detector</strong></h4><p>Mass detection built around the needs of analytical scientists for chromatographic analysis. Robust, reliable and requiring no adjustments, it easily integrates with your<strong> ACQUITY Arc System.</strong></p><h5><strong>Support</strong></h5><p data-start="0" data-end="175">Empower eLearning modules to help train your lab on Empower 3 and Method Validation. Applications support that’s customized based on your method development needs.</p><h5><strong>Consumables</strong></h5><p data-start="177" data-end="410" data-is-last-node="">Industry-leading selectivity choices to meet the needs of virtually every LC application. Quality Control (QC) Reference Material benchmarks your <strong>ACQUITY Arc System </strong>and enables perfect resolution. Certified clean vials.</p><h5><strong>Laboratory Informatics</strong></h5><p>Software control within your existing Empower or MassLynx infrastructure. Empower 3 Method Validation Manager allows you to perform chromatographic method validation in one application. Optional S-Matrix Fusion Software automates your method development according to AQbD guidelines.</p><h3><span><strong>Develop methods that stand the test of time</strong></span></h3><p>Need an orthogonal detection approach to UV in your method development? Streamline your method development with an LC-MS solution that’s as easy to use as photodiode array detection.</p><p>The <strong>ACQUITY Arc System</strong> is fully compatible with the ACQUITY Arc, supporting efficient and robust method development by expanding the information you can get from your system using the same Empower Software. The system automatically pairs qualitative mass spectral data to the peaks in your chromatogram, leaving nothing to chance.</p><ul><li>Confirm the identity of peaks in a separation without injecting standards.</li><li>Identify new peaks in a separation with molecular weight information.&nbsp;</li><li>Detect unresolved peaks and determine if a peak is homogeneously pure.</li><li>Easily track peaks as method conditions are changed.</li></ul><p data-start="272" data-end="600">Using Empower 3 Software and its Custom Calculations and Custom Reporting functions enables you to quickly and automatically evaluate chromatographic data. Configurable reports allow you to choose optimal conditions based on metrics rather than judgment, ensuring a comprehensive assessment of data and best method conditions.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_7_e7ef959203.jpg" alt="Waters ACQUITY Arc System: Method transfer of USP Assay for Fluconazole using the ACQUITY Arc System. Here the peak has same m/z of a related compound. Conditions: Mobile phase: 20:80 acetonitrile/ water; Flow rate = 0.5 mL/min; Column: XSelect HSS T3, 4.6 x 150 mm, 3.5 μm; UV@ 260 nm; 20.0 μL injection volume." srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Waters_ACQUITY_Arc_System_7_e7ef959203.jpg 224w," sizes="100vw" width="939" height="654"></p><h3><strong>Streamline your workflow</strong></h3><div><div data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="7b732be9-0a45-45fb-b585-70a90c1a74d6" dir="auto" data-message-model-slug="gpt-4o"><div><div><p data-start="602" data-end="827">How would you benefit from increased assay consistency between analysts and from lab to lab? What would you gain by accelerating your robustness testing prior to transferring methods to QA/QC?</p><p data-start="829" data-end="1392" data-is-last-node="">Auto•Blend Plus Technology is a novel software tool that extends traditional quaternary solvent blending to permit gradient programming directly in units of pH and ionic strength, providing the ability to vary composition in even the smallest increments of pH (even those differing by 0.1 pH units or less).&nbsp;</p><p data-start="829" data-end="1392" data-is-last-node="">With Auto•Blend Plus, the cumbersome and error-prone approach of manually preparing several pre-mixed mobile phases can now be eliminated with on-demand mobile phase creation, providing significant time savings and improved productivity to the laboratory.</p></div></div></div></div>

Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ ICS-4000 Capillary HPIC™ System

Capillary HPIC system for high-resolution, reagent-free ion chromatography with 24/7 readiness, ultra-low eluent use, and versatile detection in a compact format.

<h4><strong>Always on, always ready — high-resolution capillary IC in a compact platform</strong></h4><p>The <strong>Dionex ICS-4000</strong> is the world’s first <strong>dedicated capillary high-pressure reagent-free ion chromatography (HPIC) system</strong>. Designed for high-resolution, low-flow separations, it delivers exceptional chromatographic performance, fast analysis times, and 24/7 on-demand readiness. With integrated control, capillary-optimized detectors, and minimal eluent consumption, it offers a new standard for reliable, low-maintenance ion chromatography.</p><h3><strong>Key Features and Benefits</strong></h3><h4>🧪 <strong>Capillary HPIC Performance</strong></h4><ul><li>Supports <strong>high-pressure separations</strong> with 4 µm columns</li><li><strong>Fast, high-resolution gradients</strong> in minutes</li><li>Continuous operation with <strong>no equilibration needed</strong></li></ul><h4>♻️ <strong>Reagent-Free Simplicity</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>Eluent generation</strong> from deionized water via EGC cartridge</li><li>Just <strong>15 mL of water/day</strong> for continuous operation</li><li>Eluent cartridges last up to <strong>18 months</strong></li></ul><h4>🧠 <strong>Integrated Smart Design</strong></h4><ul><li>Fully integrated system in <strong>compact footprint</strong></li><li><strong>Tilt-up lid</strong>, color-coded connections, and pre-cut tubing</li><li><strong>Vacuum degassing</strong>, seal wash (option), and inline shut-off valves</li></ul><h4>🧲 <strong>Versatile Detection Options</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>Conductivity Detector (CD)</strong> – with self-regenerating suppressor</li><li><strong>Electrochemical Detector (ED)</strong> – ideal for cyanide, amines, carbohydrates</li><li><strong>QD Charge Detector</strong> – signal proportional to ion charge and concentration</li></ul><h4>🔁 <strong>Flexible Column Chemistry</strong></h4><ul><li>Compatible with <strong>over 20 capillary columns</strong></li><li>Suitable for a wide range of inorganic and organic ions, sugars, acids, amines</li></ul><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Thermo_Dionex_ICS_4000_Iontovy_Chromatograf_2_64107dbdca/Thermo-Dionex-ICS-4000-Iontovy-Chromatograf-2.jpg" alt="Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ ICS-4000 Capillary HPIC™ System" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Thermo_Dionex_ICS_4000_Iontovy_Chromatograf_2_64107dbdca/thumbnail_Thermo-Dionex-ICS-4000-Iontovy-Chromatograf-2.jpg 156w," sizes="100vw" width="650" height="650"></p><h3><strong>Automation and Sample Handling</strong></h3><ul><li>Compatible with <strong>Dionex AS-DV</strong> and <strong>AS-AP</strong> autosamplers</li><li>Advanced prep (dilution, derivatization, matrix removal)</li><li>Supports <strong>vials, well plates</strong>, and &lt;30 s injection cycles</li><li>Optional <strong>Sample Conductivity &amp; pH Accessory</strong> with conditional logic</li></ul><h3><strong>Software Integration</strong></h3><ul><li>Controlled by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/76"><strong>Chromeleon™ Chromatography Data System (CDS)</strong></a></li><li>eWorkflows™ simplify analysis from injection to report</li><li>Interactive charts and MiniPlots for intuitive data interpretation</li></ul><h3><strong>Ideal for Applications in</strong></h3><ul><li>Food and beverage (e.g., sugars, organic acids, preservatives)</li><li>Environmental (e.g., drinking water, wastewater)</li><li>Pharmaceutical (e.g., excipients, counterions)</li><li>Educational and routine analytical labs</li></ul>

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