ITEX-2 Option Prep and Load Platform High Sensitivity Enrichment Technique for Gas Chromatography Environmental / Drinking Water Food / Flavour / Consumer Products Forensics / Toxicology Petrochemicals / Polymers Pharmaceuticals / Residual Solvents

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ITEX adsorption step out of a sample vial ITEX-2 upgrade kit including 2pc. ITEX traps containing proven industry standard adsorbents Specifications ITEX-2 Option Pumping Syringe Size: 1.3ml HD syringe with removable trap ITEX-2 Trap: Stainless steel material, deacitvated by Siltek®: Needle: Injection Needle gauge 23, Point style 5 (side hole) Standard Trap Material: 44mg Tenax TA 80/100 mesh Extraction Speed: selectable from 10µL/s up to 1000µL/s Extraction Strokes: Selectable from 1 - 999 Extraction Volume: Selectable from 130µL - 1300µL/stroke Desorption Temperature: +5°C above ambient - 350°C...

ITEX-2 Sample Extraction Procedure Sample is heated and / or agitated in a sealed sample vial until The ITEXTrap needle pierces the sealed sample vial and the heated gas tight syringe pumps the gas phase through the ITEX The loaded ITEX Trap is flash After thermal desorption the hot ITEX Trap is cleaned with inert Sample conditioning Trap cleaning Flexible Software Control Choose between two options to control your PAL Combi-A? ITEX-2 Option. For individual application requirements the standalone PC based Windows XP / Vista software Cycle Composer is available. For single keyboard operation of...

EPA 502.2 (Calibration Mix) with ITEX Volatiles with ITEX Static Headspace Comparison of ITEX analysis versus Static Headspace Sample: Purge and Trap calibration mix (Restek Cat.No. 30431 502.2 CAL2000 Mega-Mix) Static Headspace Parameter 60°C / 10min / 1mL sample volume ITEX Parameter Extraction Speed:100µL/sec. Total Pumping Strokes: 50 Temperature Pumping Syringe / Sample Incubation: 60°C / 10min. Desorption at 200°C, 15sec. splitless Figure 1: TIC (m/z 29-400) of Volatile Organic Compounds in Beer. Additional components could be identified due to 10 x higher sensitivity of ITEX compared to...

SYSTEM PAL Combi-xt General Specifications System Type XYZ robot with syringe only concept, no tubing in sample path Local User Interface Control panel with 4 function keys, graphical LCD display, unique scroll knob for teach functions Remote Control Cycle Composer control software Windows 2000 / XP Third party instrument drivers for all major GC/GC-MS Systems Maintenance Accessibility to all maintenance parts from front Preventative maintenance kits available Electrical Control 1x RS232 / 1 x LAN (with optional PAL Upgrade Electronics) 3x TTL Input 2x Opto Coupler Input 2x Relay Output Power...

Get P&T sensitivity without the cost of a P&T system Rapid & efficient sample enrichment of volatile & semivolatile compounds in solid, liquid and gaseous samples In-tube extraction and direct thermal desorption using proven industry standard adsorbents Syringe only concept for transparent sample handling, no sample loops, no transfer lines, no switching valves No GC injector modifications, no cryo-focussing necessary Top mounted on GC's, saves valuable bench space Interfaces with any PAL Combi-xt System controlled by all major GC/GC-MS Systems SYSTEM www.palsystem.com