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Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.

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LC/MS | LaChrom Elite® HPLC with 3100 Mass Detector

With the addition of the highly flexible and versatile 3100 Mass Detector, Hitachi’s LaChrom Elite ® HPLC system further solidifies its position as the leader in chromatographic analysis for a wide range of applications.

Simple, Efficient and Sensitive Detection of Your HPLC Analyte

The LaChrom Elite® HPLC system, in combination with the Waters® 3100 Mass Detector, provides unmatched selectivity, sensitivity and throughput for improved laboratory productivity.

  • Seamless integration of the HPLC system and the 3100 Mass Detector with Empower™ 2 control.
  • Performs SIR for sensitive and selective quantitation, peak tracking and impurity profiling.
  • Equipped with dual ESI/APCI source as standard, with optional APPI available.
  • IntelliStart software mode automates hardware setup and method development.

*LaChrom Elite is a registered trademark of Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. Waters and Empower are trademarks of Waters Corporation.

3100 Mass Detector Specifications
IntelliStart™ technology
  • System parameter checking and alerts
  • Integrated sample/calibrant delivery system and programmable divert valve
  • Automated mass calibration
  • Automated sample tuning
  • Automated SIR method development
  • LC/MS System Check—automated on-column performance test
API source
  • ZSpray™ dual-orthogonal source for robust sampling
  • Vacuum isolation valve
  • Tool-free sampling cone removal
  • Plug-and-play probes
  • De-clustering cone gas
  • Software control of all gas flows
Ionization modes
  • Electrospray—included as standard
  • ESCi multimode ionization—included as standard
  • IonSABRE™ APCI—option
  • Dual APCI/APPI—option
Mass analyzer
  • Single quadrupole analyzer
Detector
  • Dynolite photomultiplier detector
Acquisition modes

1) Full scan MS

2) Selected ion recording (SIR)

Flow rates

1) 5 to 1,000 uL/min (ESI)

2) 200 to 2,000 uL/min (APCI)

Scan rate Up to 10,000 amu/sec in contiuum or centroid modes
Sensitivity 1 pg (5 uL injection of 0.2 pg/uL reserpine at 300 uL/min flow rate yields at response > 50:1 S/N (RMS), for both APCI positive ion mode and electrospray positive ion mode.
Vacuum system
  • Single, split flow air-cooled Pfeiffer vacuum turbomolecular pump evacuating the source and analyzer
  • One Leybold Sogevac SV4OBI rotary backing pump
Software
  • System control via Empower™ 2
Regulartory approvals
  • IVD, NRTL, and CE
*It should be noted that the above are not standard installation specifications. All 3100 detector instruments will be installed and tested in accordance with standard performance tests. Waters, ESCi are registered trademarks of Waters Corporation. IntelliStart, Empower, IonSABRE, ZSpray, T-Wave, OpenLynx, and QuanLynx are trademarks of Waters Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

 

 

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