Selerity takes SFC to new levels
High Temperature Liquid Chromatography (HTLC) specialist Selerity Technologies has launched the Selerity Series 4000 Supercritical Fluid Chromatograph (SFC).
The SFC is a completely automated system that uses supercritical fluid carbon dioxide as a mobile phase for analytical separations.
The company has addressed the limitations of gas and liquid chromatography in separating compounds prone to thermal instability and subject to other causes of ineffective separations, including a lack of chromophores. Selerity developed the Series 3100 SFC to overcome these shortcomings, and the new 4000 Series SFC takes productivity and efficiency to new levels.
The Series 4000 harnesses the latest developments in supercritical fluid chromatographic methods. It consists of a high capacity force air oven with a flame ionisation detector for rapid heating and cooling; a 10ml syringe pump for pulse-free mobile phase delivery and minimal usage of carbon dioxide; an autosampler; and an integrated data acquisition software package.
The instrument is designed to accommodate capillary columns and 1mm packed columns manufactured for SFC use.
The Series 4000 also eliminates pressure fluctuation created from the surrounding environment by the use of a revolutionary temperature-controlled pressure transducer, a syringe pump for continuous mobile phase delivery, and split/splitless injection for high volume capillary column injections.
It is fully compliant with the two standard American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methods in the use of supercritical fluid chromatography - ASTM D5186 and ASTM D6550.