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Pinnacle Operators Manual
Pickering Laboratories Inc.
Autosampler
Minimum injection volume 10μl, preferably by full-loop injection
For drinking water, minimum injection volume 200μl
Tefzel rotor seal required for all applications using eluants with pH>10
PEEK needle seat required for all applications using eluants with pH>10
Detector
Pressure rating of flow cell must be > 110 psi
Inlet capillary must be > 0.17 mm ID
MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES
For Amino Acid analysis, a Dead-Head kit is required. This can be purchased from Pickering Laboratories.
Chemistry
The user must check the chemistry requirements for the specific application.
For Carbamate Analysis
HPLC Grade Methanol
HPLC Grade Water
Materials for calibration standards
Carbamate hydrolysis reagent (Cat. No. CB910)
Carbamate OPA diluent (Cat. No. CB130 or CB130.2)
o-phthaladehyde (Cat. No. O120)
Thiofluor
™
(Cat. No. 3700-2000)
For Glyphosate Analysis
5% Sodium hypochlorite solution
Materials for calibration standards
Methanol for OPA reagent preparation
Glyphosate Eluant, pH2.0 (Cat. No. K200)
Glyphosate Regenerate (Cat. No. RG019)
Glyphosate Hypochlorite diluent (Cat. No. GA116)
Glyphosate OPA diluent (Cat. No. GA104)
o-phthaladehyde (Cat. No. 0120)
Thiofluor
™
(Cat. No. 3700-2000)