General Description
Dionex Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services chromatography and extraction systems for separating, isolating, and identifying the components of chemical mixtures. Our continuing leadership in chromatography helps us create powerful solutions to increase productivity for the industries that shape the world. Our solutions are used by the environmental, life sciences, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemicals, power generation, and electronics industries.
Technical Description
Eluent Regeneration was developed for systems dedicated to high-throughput analyses of samples with low- to moderate-concentration matrices. Reagent-Free IC systems with Eluent Regeneration (RFIC-ER systems) are designed to use carbonate, carbonate/bicarbonate, or MSA eluents for isocratic separations. Eluent Regeneration is available as an optional configuration or upgrade for ICS-1100, -1600, -2100, and -5000 systems.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- Between 15 and 30 minutes for detection
- Multiple samples, single tests/sample per run
- Less than 32 samples every 2 hours
- The system or device is currently semi-automated
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 5 or more components
- Greater than 20 minutes is required for set-up
- 1-2 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- More than a day of training and significant technical skills are required
- Approximately the size of a home dishwasher
- More than 50 kg
- Wired connections are available
- System or device has 110V electrical requirement
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from 4°C to 41°C
- Components must be stored at room temperature (27°C)
- Device must be used in a temperature stable, dry environment for optimum performance
- Between 1 to 3 years shelf life
- 5-10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system could be adapted to a fully autonomous system with some effort
- The system software is open but modification requires licensing
- The system hardware is open but modification requires licensing
DETECTION:
- Possible the system could receive FDA approval, no current efforts at this time
- Less than 250 µL
- Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms (<2%)
- 10-100 ng per mL
- System does not detect spores
- 3x10-5 - 1x10-4 mg/m3
- 1 ppb – 1 ppm
- Possible system could identify aerosolized chemical agent
- Possible system could identify liquid chemical agent
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