November 16, 2016, 715004521 Rev. C
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General Information ............................................................................................... iii
Copyright notice ......................................................................................................................... iii
Trademarks ................................................................................................................................ iii
Customer comments .................................................................................................................. iii
Contacting Waters ..................................................................................................................... iv
Safety considerations ................................................................................................................ iv
Safety hazard symbol notice........................................................................................ iv
Considerations specific to the UPC2 system............................................................... iv
FCC radiation emissions notice .................................................................................... v
Electrical power safety notice ...................................................................................... vi
Equipment misuse notice............................................................................................. vi
Safety advisories ......................................................................................................... vi
Operating this system ................................................................................................................ vi
Applicable symbols ...................................................................................................... vi
Audience and purpose................................................................................................ vii
Intended use of the UPC2 system .............................................................................. vii
Quality control............................................................................................................. vii
EMC considerations .................................................................................................................. vii
Canada spectrum management emissions notice...................................................... vii
ISM Classification: ISM Group 1 Class B ................................................................... viii
EC authorized representative ................................................................................................... viii
1 ACQUITY UPC
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system ........................................................................................ 13
1.1 Using ACQUITY UPC
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for normal-phase chromatography ....................................................... 13
1.1.1 Comparing supercritical fluid properties to those of other solvents ............................... 14
1.2 System configurations ............................................................................................................... 14
1.2.1 ACQUITY UPC2 core system stack configurations and supported modules ................ 15
1.2.2 Major components of the ACQUITY UPC
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system........................................................ 16
1.2.3 Waste collection containers ........................................................................................... 18
2 Preparing for operation ........................................................................................ 21
2.1 Start the system hardware ......................................................................................................... 21
2.1.1 Before you power-on the system modules .................................................................... 21
2.1.2 Powering-on the system modules.................................................................................. 22
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