Charged Aerosol Detector (CAD)
Expand your detection range with a detector purposefully built for Empower Software
Empower Software-based labs require detection solutions that are easy to adopt, robust, and capable of detecting and quantifying non-volatile and semi-volatile compounds in samples. Waters Charged Aerosol Detector (CAD), when coupled with our innovative chromatography systems and software, helps your lab reduce method development time, increase productivity, and improve process control.
Featuring a wide dynamic range, Waters CAD enables simultaneous quantitation of low-level, non-UV active compounds, and associated impurities and excipients– regardless of chemical structure—for confident, consistent results.
Overview
- Utilize a charge detector optimized for Waters chromatography systems under Empower Software or MassLynx Software control.
- Integrate with all Waters chromatography systems, including the Alliance HPLC System, Arc Premier System, Arc HPLC System, ACQUITY Arc System, and ACQUITY UPLC Systems.
- Enable a dynamic range of more than four orders of magnitude.
- Ensure robust chromatography data system (CDS) communications to minimize system downtime in Empower Software-based laboratories.
- Facilitate seamless method transfer from existing solutions.
- Ensure longstanding compatibility with Empower Software and systems qualification, with backwards compatibility to Empower version 3 Feature Release 4 Service Release 3 (SR3).
Recommended Use: For accurate quantitation in HPLC, UHPLC, UPLC, and Prep/Purification separations.












