Charged Aerosol Detector
Expand your detection range with a detector purposefully built for Empower Software
Empower Software-based labs require detection solutions that are easy to adopt, robust, and capable of detecting and quantifying all volatile and semi-volatile compounds in samples. Waters Charged Aerosol Detector (CAD), when coupled with our innovative chromatography systems and software, helps your lab reduce method development time, increase productivity, and improve process control.
Featuring a wide dynamic range, Waters CAD enables simultaneous quantitation of low-level, non-UV active compounds, and associated impurities and excipients– regardless of chemical structure—for confident, consistent results.
Charged Aerosol Detector
Specifications
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Detector flow rate: |
0.010–2.000 mL/min |
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Evaporation temperature: |
Ambient (off) or settable controlled range : 10 °C to 100 °C in 0.1 °C increments; minimum of 5 °C above ambient |
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Sampling rate: |
Up to 200 Hz |
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Number of channels: |
Four (4) supported by four (4) independent background current channels |
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Biocompatible: |
No |
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Inert gas supply: |
Nitrogen (recommended) or compressed air |
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Inlet pressure: |
4.83–5.52 bar (483–552 kPa, 70.0–80.0 psi) |
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Gas consumption: |
Typically ≤ 5 L/min |
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Diagnostic channels: |
Nebulizer: Factory-optimized gas flow gas pressure (psi); Evaporator temperature (°C); Ion trap voltage (V); Corona charger current (µA); Mixing chamber temperature (°C) |
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Dynamic range: |
Four individual power value |
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Power requirements: |
100 to 240 VAC |
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Dimensions: |
Width: 34.3 cm (13.5 in) Height: 20.8 cm (8.2 in) Depth: 61.0 cm (24.0 in) |
Overview
- Utilize a charge detector optimized for Waters chromatography systems under Empower Software or MassLynx Software control.
- Integrate with all Waters chromatography systems, including the Alliance HPLC System, Arc Premier System, Arc HPLC System, ACQUITY Arc System, and ACQUITY UPLC Systems.
- Enable a dynamic range of more than four orders of magnitude.
- Ensure robust chromatography data system (CDS) communications to minimize system downtime in Empower Software-based laboratories.
- Facilitate seamless method transfer from existing solutions.
- Ensure longstanding compatability with Empower Software and systems qualification, with backwards compatibility to Empower version 3 Feature Release 4 Service Release 3 (FR4 SR3).
Recommended Use: For accurate quantitation in HPLC, UHPLC, UPLC, and Prep/Purification separations.
Purposefully built for Empower Software and Waters chromatography systems
Empower Software solutions make it easier than ever to run samples and produce meaningful results without downtime for training, re-engineering workflows, or adding new software to support instruments or advanced chromatographic techniques. The Waters CAD is the easiest-to-adopt offering on the market under Empower Software control and includes Empower Software-based qualification, enabling seamless integration into regulated workflows. It supports fast, seamless method transfer of existing methods to Waters systems and delivers a single vendor option for the entire solution - from LC and detection to service. This provides an optimal single point of contact for service, installation, and troubleshooting, and minimizes unneccessary system downtime and other challenges associated with configuring multi-vendor component solutions in compliant lab environments.
Seamless method transfer from existing solutions
Laboratories often transfer analytical methods within their organization or to external contract organizations that may use different instrumentation for analysis. Ensuring method equivalency across laboratories is essential to minimize lost productivity or method revalidation, regardless of the analyst or instrument used.
The Waters CAD maintains method simplicity of existing offerings while adding a robust suite of method transfer features and tools. It features a convenient ACQUITY console control panel for intuitive operation and simplifies the replacement of outdated technology, facilitating seamless method transfer between systems throughout your laboratory network.
Designed for ease-of-use
The Waters CAD offers the lowest barrier to adoption on Empower Software, with optimized hardware improvements for enhanced usability and supportability. The Waters CAD is designed with a single filter manifold, which offers simple push/pull filter replacement. The nebulizer is simple to replace for optimal supportability. The instrument method and console control a divert value within the CAD that diverts flow to waste if gas pressure is lost or the system communicates an error to the CAD. Additionally, the Waters CAD offers enhanced leak detection and flood protection to alert and protect your lab if the system has accidental floods due to dropped CDS communications.
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