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The Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ AutoTrace™ 280 Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) instrument is a powerful, high-throughput workstation dedicated specifically for automating SPE. The Dionex AutoTrace 280 instrument automates the cartridge or disk conditioning, sample loading, rinsing, and eluting steps for large volume aqueous solution extractions (20 mL to 20 L).The unit can process up to six samples in parallel, automatically condi…

The Waters OpenLynx™ Open Access Application Manager provides walk-up access for LC/UV, LC/MS, LC/MS/MS, and GC/MS operation in laboratories whose chemists have varying levels of instrumental analysis experience. OpenLynx also provides customizable batch processing to support the large amounts of data generated by high-throughput analyses. It comes standard with MassLynx™ Software. Features of Waters OpenLynx: Easy to Learn T…

Thermo Scientific* LTQ FT Ultra combines the most advanced Ion Trap and Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance technologies into a single instrument with unprecedented analytical power and versatility. Ultra-high resolution and sensitivity coupled with sub ppm mass accuracy, and MSn are universally available for the toughest applications demanding rigorous structural characterization.

Allows simpler, time saving methods for reversed phase chromatography of basic compounds: Purospher® RP-18 is a versatile HPLC column designed for the separation of problematic basic compounds with simple neutral eluents. This results in less time and cost because of simpler method optimization. Purospher® RP-18 is based upon a high purity, metal free silica. The multi-step chemical modification and deactivation of the surface…

Excellent peak symmetry with either basic or strongly acidic compounds: Purospher® RP-18 endcapped is a versatile HPLC column producing excellent peak shapes, designed for both the separation of basic compounds with simple neutral eluents and for the elution of strongly acidic compounds. Excellent separations in a shorter period of time with very good peak symmetry saves time and money. The excellent balance of Purospher® RP-1…

Purospher® STAR NH2 is a high purity aminopropyl modified stationary phase.

Purospher® STAR RP-18 endcapped is a versatile high purity reversed phase column increasing the productivity in HPLC. Purospher® STAR RP-18 endcapped provide the power to separate the most difficult of compound mixtures. With up to 150.000 N/m for 3 µm and 100.000 N/m for 5 µm particle size, Purospher® STAR RP-18 endcapped will ensure good base line separations.

SCP Science DigiSEP Blue SPE Cartridges A general purpose, single use, cation removal cartridge. DigiSEP Blue from SCP Science is a highly selective exchange cartridge is ideal for retaining transition metals in samples that contain high concentrations of potassium and sodium as in sea water. DigiSEP Blue has an aminodiacetate group that acts as a chelating agent to a variety of metallic ations in solution providing a mean t…

Purospher® STAR RP-8 endcapped is a versatile high purity reversed phase column increasing the productivity in HPLC.Purospher® STAR RP-8 endcapped provide the power to separate the most difficult of compound mixtures. With up to 150.000 N/m for 3 µm and 100.000 N/m for 5 µm particle size, Purospher® STAR RP-8 endcapped will ensure good base line separations.

The BV1 single sample plasma viscometer is ideal for the pathology laboratory looking for immediate results on 1 to 50 plasma samples a day. It is perfect for all situations where small test volumes are critical since the BV1 only required 80 micro litres of plasma taken from a routine full blood count collection tube. The BV1 system and interactive user interface have been designed in keeping with the stringent requirements…

The BV200 automated multi-sampling plasma viscometer calculates the PV of samples within 30 seconds of the tube being detected by the system. It can process up to 180 samples, displays the PV on the local PC, and automatically makes the information available to the hospital computer system.  For the busy laboratory, this load-and-walk-away system saves time and eliminates many manual errors. The automated bar code facility, 't…

The LeadCare II system is the only CLIA-waived blood lead test, providing quantitative results in just 3 minutes from 2 drops of blood.

A “Brush-type” phase with broad applicability for separation of enantiomers: Whelk-O 1 is a reliable chiral HPLC column of high solvent stability and broad applicability. Whelk-O 1 is a “brush-type” phase according to the concept of Pirkle with (3R, 4R)-4-(3,5-dinitrobenzamido)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophen-anthren or (3S, 4S)-4-(3,5-dinitrobenzamido)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophen-anthren as chiral selector with high enantoselectivity for a…

High recovery sample preparation for drug analysis and screening: LiChrolut® TSC is a selective and efficient solid phase extraction sorbent designed for clean-up of pharmaceutical products and drugs obtained from blood, plasma and urine. LiChrolut® TSC belongs to the family of the so-called “mixed-mode phases”. The combination of a reversed-phase and a cation exchange mechanism gives rise to retention of the analyte on the st…

For reproducible sample preparation: LiChrolut® CN and NH2 are medium polar phases for solid phase extraction, which produces excellent reproducibility of sample preparation. This results a combination of high chemical stability and guaranteed capacity. LiChrolut® CN and NH2 are suitable for both polar and non-polar extractions. These medium polar phases have, in addition to a short-chained propyl-spacer, a polar functional gr…

Highest capacity for solid phase extraction: LiChrolut® EN saves time and money in solid-phase extraction as less time is required for conditioning and drying. In addition, only a little solvent is required for elution of the analytes from the cartridge bed. The reduced quantity of solvent leads to a lower degree of contamination and to an increase in detection sensitivity. This improves the analysis of the relevant extracted…

Using the LiChrolut® extraction unit simplifies solid-phase extraction and makes it more rapid and reliable. The drying attachment speeds up the drying process under controlled conditions. All the individual steps associated with solid-phase extraction can be carried out using the LiChrolut® extraction unit.

Solid-phase extraction with LiChrolut® is a reliable and rapid route to successful sample preparation and the selective extraction of compounds from a complex sample. Three different modified SPE sorbents are available for non-polar solid-phase extraction: LiChrolut® RP-18 endcapped, LiChrolut® RP-18 and LiChrolut® RP-select B. The difference in polarities are clearly described by the adsorption characteristics. This can save…

A unique high performance ion exchange system for solid phase extraction: LiChrolut® tentacle ion exchanger improves the mass transfer and the recoveries in ion exchange solid phase extraction. Small elution volumes, very high chemical stability and very high capacity are also reasons for the superiority of LiChrolut® SCX and SAX. In contrast to conventional ion exchangers, tentacle functional exchange groups do not lie in def…

LiChrolut® Si 60 is a high purity sorbent for solid phase extraction. Highly purified LiChrolut® Si 60 on the basis of non-modified silica with a pore diameter of 6 nm is available for conventional polar extractions.

Solid-phase extraction for increased productivity: LiChroPLATE® microtiter plates improve the sample throughput and speed of sample preparation. LiChroPLATE® enables solid-phase extraction to be carried out with considerable convenience and flexibility. From sample application with multi-channel pipettors to complete automation of the sample preparation process. Only in this way high sample throughputs can be achieved. LichroP…

Enhanced selectivity for polar analytes: LiChroPLATE® EN microtiter plates for solid-phase extraction shortens sample preparation time up to 75% compared with other polymer phases. By using LiChroPLATE® EN in combination with an 8-channel pipettor, it is possible to extract 96 samples in less than half an hour. EN stands for enhanced selectivity with respect to all polar analytes – whether basic, neutral or acidic. Even for la…

Solid-phase extraction for increased productivity: LiChroPLATE® RP-18 microtiter plates for solid-phase extraction enable ultra-rapid sample preparation with excellent recovery rates and high precision. Up to 96 samples can be processed simultaneously, which means a significant reduction in the time needed for sample preparation and consequent savings on purchasing and disposal costs. The batch-to-batch reproducibility of LiCh…

For direct in-line sample preparation of untreated bio-fluids: LC-integrated sample preparation with LiChrospher® ADS is less expensive, less time consuming and more precise in comparison to conventional off-line sample preparation. LiChrospher® ADS allows the direct extraction and enrichment of hydrophobic, low molecular analytes from untreated samples such as haemolysed blood, plasma, serum, milk, salivary fluid, fermentatio…

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., today announced the launch of its Thermo Scientific ClinSpec Immunosuppressants Test kit designed for use with liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) systems in clinical research applications.The New Thermo Fisher Scientific ClinSpec Immunosuppressant Test Kit, provides all the reagents, standards, controls and sample preparation methodology needed to monitor immunosuppressant drugs such…