The Compact
- First Compact UV/VIS IC System «All In One»
- Low-cost purchase
- Low cost of ownership
- Easy to run with IC Net or IC Cap software
- Extremely small bench space requirements
- High precision
- High accuracy
- Low detection limits
- «Made in Switzerland» – proven high quality
Top technology
- Three wavelengths plus parallel reference channel
- Scan mode for easy system optimization
- Combined UV and VIS lamp system
- No lamp change required during operation
- Integrated post-column reactor
The instrument
Some important application areas
- Detection of heavy metals
- Chromium-containing effluents from tanneries
- Corrosion monitoring in power plants
- Determination of bromate in drinking water
- Determination of sulfur compounds in wastewater
- Determination of nitrite and nitrate in seawater
The 844 UV/VIS Compact IC combines all system components in one compact protective housing: injector, high-pressure pump, post-column reactor, reagent pump and the newly developed array UV/VIS detector.
Conductivity or UV/VIS?
Ion chromatography is a highly efficient tool for assessing the environmental impact of ionic species: Be it nutrients or pollutants, drinking water or wastewater, pharmaceutical products or the impurities they contain – IC assures reliable analytical statements concerning ionic content.
The aim of ion chromatography is to first separate and then reliably detect ionic substances. As we deal with ions, detection based on conductivity is successful in most cases. If, however, conductivity detection is adversely affected or even rendered impossible by matrix effects or insufficient separation of the analyte ions, use of an alternative detection method can supply essential information.
When conductivity detection does not yield the desired results, the absorption of ultraviolet and visible light by the sample can supply the correct analytical information.
Of course, UV/VIS detection can only be successful if the substances absorb part of the incident light.