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Copyright notice ................................................................................................... ii
Trademarks ............................................................................................................ ii
Customer comments ............................................................................................ iii
Contacting Waters ............................................................................................... iii
Safety considerations .......................................................................................... iv
Considerations specific to the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class instruments............. iv
Safety advisories................................................................................................. iv
Operating the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class system ............................................. iv
Applicable symbols .............................................................................................. v
Audience and purpose.......................................................................................... v
Intended use of the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class system ....................................... v
Calibrating ........................................................................................................... v
Quality-control .................................................................................................... vi
ISM classification ................................................................................................. vi
ISM Classification: ISM Group 1 Class B ......................................................... vi
EC authorized representative .......................................................................... vii
1 ACQUITY UPLC I-Class System ......................................................... 1-1
UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatography .............................................. 1-2
Features of the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class system ........................................ 1-3
Binary solvent manager .................................................................................. 1-4
Column compartments .................................................................................... 1-4
Injector mechanisms........................................................................................ 1-4
Detectors........................................................................................................... 1-5
Mass spectrometry........................................................................................... 1-5
System modules ................................................................................................. 1-6
Binary solvent manager .................................................................................. 1-7
Sample manager-FTN ..................................................................................... 1-7
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