Sample management specifications
July 29, 2013, 715003794 Rev. B 281
Sample management specifications
Sample management system specifications:
Item Specification
Number of sample vials 120 vials configured in 5 carousels of 24 vials
each
Number of sample
injections
1 to 99 injections per sample vial
Sample delivery precision Typically < 0.5% RSD, 5 to 80 µL. (Degassed
methanol/water 60:40 Dial-a-Mix, 1 mL/min, six
replicates, phenone mix, 254 nm.)
Injector needle wash Integral, active, programmable
Sample carryover
a
< 0.01% (based on the following
chromatographic conditions):
• Column – XBridge C18, 4.6 × 50 mm, 3.5 µm
• Mobile Phase – 70% Water/30% Methanol
• Needle Wash – 100% Methanol
• Challenge Sample – 4.0 mg/mL caffeine (in
mobile phase)
• Carryover Standard – 0.4 mg/mL caffeine (in
mobile phase)
• Injection Volume (all) – 5.0 µL
Injection accuracy ±1 µL (±2%), 50 µL, N = 6. Sample is degassed
water, analytical solvent is degassed methanol.
Standard sample vial 2 mL
Sample temperature
control (optional)
Ambient minus 25 °C or 4 °C (whichever is
greater) to 40 °C, in 1 °C increments
• ± 3 °C temperature accuracy
• 60 minute time limit from lab ambient to
heating setpoint
• 90 minute time limit from lab ambient to
cooling setpoint
Advanced operations Stat runs, auto additions, auto standards