Preparing for Operation
Preparing the solvent and waste bottles
46
Figure 33. Maximum number of sample vials with one waste bottle and a 10-µl
syringe
5. Compare the answers from both tables. Use the smaller of the two
answers for the estimate.
Table method example
Assume a tray is installed and your application parameters are:
• Two injections per vial
• Three washes from solvent bottle A
• Two washes from solvent bottle B
• Two sample washes
• 10-µl syringe
W
Number
of pre-and
post-solvent washes
+
sample washes
per injection
Number of injections per vial
123456
1 100+ 100+ 100+ 100+ 100 83
2 100+100+83625041
3 100+8355413327
4 100+6241312520
5 100 50 33 25 20 16
6 834127201613
7 713523171411
8 623120151210
9 55271813119
10 50 25 16 12 10 8
11 45 22 15 11 9 7
12 41 20 13 10 8 6
13 38 19 12 9 7 6
14 35 17 11 8 7 5
15 33 16 11 8 6 5