Eco IC by Metrohm AG

"Simple instrument that works as described; it allowed us to expand to two IC's using one autosampler and computer."

"This equippment is very easy to use and the results are very accurated and useful for the following of our process and for assure the quality of our products."

"Very easy to use and very reliable. The mantainance service is great"

"Compared with Dionex, from whom we purchased years ago one outmoded set and have been using for similar purpose, the consumables last not as long as in case of Dionex. For instance, the pipeline connected immediately with sample injector seems easy to be polluted and hard to be removed by suggested cleaning reagent. The operation window also has room for further improvement as well, the capture, extraction of the data and saving an individual chromatogram are not an user-friendly way."

"Metrohm's ion chromatography instruments have been used by us for over 20 years, various models, often entry level, used for both teaching (robust and reliable) and research (versatile and accurate). Their main asset, besides reliability, is their versatility and the ease with which they can be 'bent' to a research and analysis method not foreseen in the application notes. In addition to what Metrohm provides, columns and mobile phases not foreseen by the manual can be used, obtaining unparalleled results. They rarely fail, but when they do, a visit to the factory is enough to solve various problems. The kindness and competence of the salesmen and technicians is praiseworthy, going even further than is usually the case between salesman and customer, after so many years we consider them friends."

"Problems on the application of the anion method on water. A series of misleading information has been given on the instrument and on the application of the method. Big problems have been had in analyzing sea water Problemi sull'applicazione del metodo anioni sulle acque. Sono state date una serie di informazioni forvianti sullo strumento e sull'applicazione del metodo. Grossi problemi si sono avuti nell'analizzare le acque di mare"

"It’s been a wonderful machine since the start of use. No issues and simple to use."

"ECO IC is an instrument quick and easy to handle, but at the same time very reliable in expressing results. The development of a new method in ECO IC is not complicated, and the calibration results are fast and very reliable, where the correlation coefficient value for normal linear regression for all anions is better than 0,9995. The instrument also meets the criteria of EN ISO 10304-1 ≥ 0.05 mg/l for bromides and nitrites and ≥0.1 mg/l for chlorides, florides, nitrates, orthophosphates, and sulphates, and the working range can also be extended to lower concentrations. Sample preparation is not demanding, and the amount of injected samples is not large. The instrument also has the ability to enter the dilution factor and automatically recalculate the results, which further facilitates the analysis of samples. My experience in analyzing samples and perhaps useful information to others is, for example, if we have a sample with a high concentration of sulfate, I'll analyze 2-3 blank (ultrapure water) between the two same samples, to achieve better reproducibility of samples, and also my experience with different eluate samples is that even though samples are filtered through a 0.45 µm filter, I`additionaly (1-2) filtering samples before analysis through a 0.20 µm filter which provides better results. After buying the ECO-IC instrument, I had training, where everything was explained by a certified instructor. Also for all additional questions, the instructor was available to me either by phone or email. So I got all the necessary information in a short time. We have had the instrument for a year and so far there has been no need for service, although if I needed it would be enabled as soon as possible. In the end, I can only conclude that I am extremely satisfied with the instrument and its applications and that the quality and speed of obtaining the results justified the price."

"Simple to use. Very good results. The training that the commissioning technicians gave us was wonderful and they helped us a lot to improve our working methods. They gave us improvements and a trick for our particular method."