Malvern Instruments has introduced the SyNIRgi near infrared chemical imaging (NIRCI) system as a quantitative analytical tool in tablet technology.
Chemical imaging is being embraced by the pharmaceutical and other industries, where its application to solid dosage forms, for example, allows determination of content uniformity, blending efficiency, polymorph distribution, moisture content, contaminant location and coating and layer thickness.
The SyNIRgi builds on the Sapphire/NIRCI-2450 platform from Spectral Dimensions, the company having been acquired last year by Malvern Instruments. This next generation NIRCI system adds significant additional capability in terms of data acquisition speed and increased sensitivity, setting a new performance standard.
It will also accommodate an even larger imaging area and offers new sampling options. The ability to acquire >300,000 NIR spectra in a single measurement will be available as an option, and the SyNIRgi will be complemented by a newly released version of ISys, its highly successful data analysis software.
The unit has a rugged construction with no moving parts, and its rapid acquisition of sample data improves productivity. The enlarged image area increases the potential for simultaneous, high-throughput analyses. New sampling options mean that data collection for a variety of sample types can be optimised, and increased sensitivity enables more difficult problems to be solved.