Separations Products & Reviews

Waters ACQUITY UPLC - Dramatic Improvements in Speed, Sensitivity and Resolution Whether you work in methods development or quality assurance, in drug discovery and development or testing for safety in food supplies, you seek a productivity edge. With the ACQUITY UPLC® System, now you can get more information in a single, short run than you've ever seen with HPLC. Waters ACQUITY UPLC System UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC®) techn…

Excellent low pH stability and high mass loading capability

XBridge Columns include a selection of 10 general-purpose and application-specific sorbents that cover a wide range of particles sizes for analytical and preparative HPLC applications.   XBridge Column users can quickly develop robust methods using mobile phases throughout the entire pH range of 1-12. XBridge OBD™ Preparative Column users, benefit from high pH and temperature stability to provide increased mass loading f…

VanGuard Pre-Columns for UPLC® separations are guard columns that are designed for use with the ACQUITY UPLC® system. These guard columns use an ultra-low volume design (patent pending) that efficiently protects UPLC column performance. This ultra-low volume design does not compromise the UPLC holistic design approach to higher efficiency, greater resolution and increased throughput. Guard columns are typically used in appli…

The Sirocco™ plates are the most technologically advanced protein precipitation plates in the market and enable high-throughput “in-well” protein precipitation of biological samples without the fear of cloudy filtrates or clogged devices. It also provides optimum performance in faster processing time by reducing steps in ‘in-well’ sample processing and complete recovery of clean filtrate from smaller plasma sample volumes.

Designed specifically for polymer characterization, the Styragel® columns are grouped into the HR series for low-to-mid molecular weight samples, the HT series for high-temperature applications, and the HMW series for high molecular weight samples. Specifically controlled styrene divinylbenzene formulations provide reproducible performance in your GPC applications.

Packed with hydroxylated polymethacrylate-based gel, Waters Ultrahydrogel™ SEC columns are ideal for the analysis of aqueous-soluble samples, such as oligomers; oligosaccharides; polysaccharides; and cationic, anionic, and amphoteric polymers. Measuring 7.8 mm x 300 mm, these high-resolution columns offer many advantages over conventional aqueous SEC columns, such as: - A wide pH range (2–12) - Compatibility with high concen…

Sep-Pak Plates enable high throughput solid-phase extraction with the same silica sorbents that have been proven for years in Sep-Pak Cartridges. The plate design has been optimized for automated sample handling systems as well as for standard vacuum manifolds. Sep-Pak Plates are available with different silica sorbent mass selections to optimize sample loading.

The Oasis® uElution plate format combined with the Oasis chemistries allow elution volumes as low as 25uL, eliminating the time consuming evaporation step, producing very clean extracts with a 5 to 10 fold increase in concentration.The Oasis® family of sample extraction products is designed to simplify and improve your sample preparation by combining the right sorbent chemistry, device format and methodology. Achieve robust, s…

The GCT Premier™ benchtop orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight (oa-TOF) mass spectrometer delivers high sensitivity, resolution, and exact mass measurements for GC/MS applications. Its fast data acquisition rates and automated workflow features match the requirements for MS detection when coupled to high-resolution capillary GC. A variety of GC inlet, ion source and software options makes the GCT Premier a versatile choice f…

Acquire, Analyze, Manage, and Share Mass Spectrometry Information MassLynx™ Software increases the speed at which you can convert your sample data into valuable knowledge. It provides you with the fundamental platform to acquire, analyze, manage, and share your mass spectrometry information. MassLynx intelligently controls any Waters mass spectrometry system, from sample and solvent management components to mass spectrometer a…

Waters offers scalable prep systems, from the AutoPurification™ System for high-throughput fraction collection from hundreds of samples, to simple low-pressure mixing systems for purifying a few samples a day. Take the complexity out of purification with our versatile solutions that are capable of purifying micrograms to multiple grams, in a single system that can be configured to automatically process hundreds of samples. Key…

The ACQUITY UPLC® Evaporative Light Scattering (ELS) Detector is designed specifically for optimal UPLC®/ELS performance in a small footprint. When your analytes have poor to no UV/Vis response, or don’t ionize well by mass spectrometry, the ACQUITY UPLC ELS Detector with the ACQUITY UPLC System lets you analyze more molecules (including sugars, triglycerides, phospholipids, antibiotics, and natural products) in a single analy…

Xevo TQ-S tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer - designed for the most demanding quantitative UPLC/MS/MS applications. The ultimate in tandem quadrupole performance allows you to achieve unrivalled sensitivity and robustness, available to everyone due to the accessibility of the Xevo platform. The Xevo TQ-S gives you class leading sensitivity and robustness, qualitative information when you need it most and accelerated metho…

The ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS Bio System delivers the benefits of UPLC's resolution, sensitivity, and throughput in a system purpose-built for the analysis of proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, and glycans.

The 2545 Quaternary Gradient Module is a four solvent, low pressure mixing gradient pump (up to 150 mL/min) that serves as a solvent delivery device for purification systems. Features: • Four solvent gradient selection • Control from MassLynx, Empower, or console allowing scale up via a familiar software interface • Interfaces to a variety of detectors and peak fraction collectors for optimum purifications • Allows UV or MS di…

UPLC Technology Extends To Two Dimensions For chromatographers who require additional capabilities to increase their speed of analysis, gain sensitivity and selectivity, and perform orthogonal separations, ACQUITY UPLC® Systems can meet these needs by controlling multiple valves and pumps for 2D separations. The resolution, sensitivity, and throughput benefits of UPLC® Technology are even more important in 2D applications. Wat…

Highly efficient rotary evaporation of multiple samples

Best performance at maximal safety levels

Develop in vitro diagnostic tests with superior resolution. The Thermo Scientific™ Vanquish™ MD HPLC is the ideal chromatographic separations system for laboratories whose analyte resolution is more critical than sample throughput and batch turnaround time. The small, powerful single channel Vanquish MD HPLC meets analytical needs, as well as space and budget limitations.

Chromato-Vue® Viewing Cabinets from UVP provide a darkroom environment for viewing materials.   

The Specac flagship Autotouch Press is designed for high volume laboratory sample preparation for XRF and other elemental analysis techniques, capable of pressing a single sample in under two minutes when augmented with the Apex automated die system.

The EXP® Guard Column cartridge system is rated to 15,000 psi with hand-tight replaceable cartridges. This unique design connects directly to any UHPLC column with the auto-adjusting Titanium Hybrid Ferrule and EXP® Fittings, providing repeated zero-dead-volume connections and easy adjustability between various column types. Free-Turn¨ architecture allows the user to change cartridges by hand without breaking fluid connections…

The FastPrep-24™ 5G Instrument is quite simply the most advanced sample preparation system ever!   The only high-speed benchtop homogenizer featuring microprocessor-controlled, Hi-Def Touch Screen Programming makes the 5G the ultimate in ease, speed and performance for sample preparation applications where it is necessary to grind, lyse, or homogenize difficult and routine samples, allowing easy and reproducible isolatio…

ISOLUTE® SLE+ plates and columns enable efficient supported liquid extraction of analytes from whole blood, plasma, serum, urine, and oral fluid. The simple load-wait-elute method delivers 99.9% removal of proteins and phospholipids without offline steps, offering superior recovery, reproducibility, and cleaner extracts than liquid-liquid extraction.