Description
The Dionex ICS-1500 Ion Chromatography System (ICS-1500) performs ion analyses using suppressed or non-suppressed conductivity detection. An ion chromatography system typically consists of a liquid eluent, a high-pressure pump, a sample injector, a guard and separator column, a chemical suppressor, a conductivity cell, and a data collection system. Before running a sample, the ion chromatography system is calibrated using a standard solution. By comparing the data obtained from a sample to that obtained from the known standard, sample ions can be identified and quantitated. The data collection system, typically a computer running chromatography software, produces a chromatogram (a plot of the detector output vs. time). The chromatography software converts each peak in the chromatogram to a sample concentration and produces a printout of the results.
Reagent-Free System Advantages
In addition to saving time, labor, and operating costs, RFIC systems eliminate errors associated with daily manual eluent preparation. This effectively improves method reproducibility, day to day, week to week, operator to operator. Laboratories using RFIC systems spend less time on equilibration, calibration, method verification, troubleshooting, and consistency checks because the systems minimize unintentional variations in the preparation of eluents and regenerants. RFIC systems not only reduce the manual labor of IC, they make it easy to learn and easy-to-use.