1220 Infinity II LC System User Manual 21
Site Requirements and Specifications
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Performance Specifications
Performance Specifications Agilent 1220 Infinity II LC Pump
Table 3 Performance Specifications Agilent 1220 Infinity II LC Pump
Type Specification Comments
Hydraulic system Dual plunger in series pump with
proprietary servo-controlled variable
stroke drive, floating plungers and
passive inlet valve
Flow range Settable: 0.001 – 10 mL/min
Recommended: 0.2 – 10.0 mL/min
Set points in 0.001 mL/min
increments
Flow precision ≤0.07 % RSD, or ≤ 0.02 min SD
whichever is greater
Based on retention time at constant
temperature
Flow accuracy ± 1 % or 10 µL/min whatever is
greater
Pumping degassed H
2
O at 10 MPa
(100 bar)
Pressure
operating range
Up to 60 MPa (600 bar, 8702 psi) up
to 5 mL/min
Up to 20 MPa (200 bar, 2901 psi) up
to 10 mL/min
Pressure
pulsation
< 2 % amplitude (typically < 1.3 %),
or < 0.3 MPa (3 bar, 44 psi),
whichever is greater
Compressibility
compensation
User-selectable, based on mobile
phase compressibility
Recommended
pH
1.0 – 12.5 Solvents with pH < 2.3 should not
contain acids which attack stainless
steel
Gradient
formation
(optional)
Low pressure binary mixing/gradient
capability using proprietary
high-speed proportioning valve
Delay volume 600 – 900 µL, dependent on back
pressure
Measured with water at 1 mL/min
(water/water with tracer)
Composition
range
Settable 0 – 100 %
Recommended 5 – 95 %
In 0.1 % increments
Composition
precision
< 0.2 % RSD or < 0.04 min SD,
whichever is greater
At 1 mL/min; based on retention
time at constant temperature