Pump – the double-flow pump head guarantees the high precision of the eluent flow rate. In combination with the pulse dampening unit, an almost pulse-free operation is possible.

Degasser – the integrated degassing unit reduces the time of eluent preparation and guarantees continuous operation.

Sample separation – columns with different resins and capacities enable the user to get optimal results with very high reproducibility.

Suppression – the automated anion suppression system is pressure stable resulting in a low signal/noise ratio. This guarantees detection limits down to 1μg/l.

Conductivity detector – very high sensitivity and a broad measuring range allow the determination of samples from trace analysis up to process water.

The IONUS ion chromatograph is operated with the user friendly, self-explanatory software iControl. Implemented, optimised separation programmes are correlated with each sample for the analysis.

Data analysis, reintegration and chromatogram view of previous samples can be done while the instrument is analysing a sample. The current status of important instrument parameters is shown.

All operational parameters and events of each analysis are documented in a log file. Individual separation programmes can be easily created and stored in the software.

The data acquisition and data analysis system records the data sent by the conductivity detector. Chromatograms are shown online.

Internal databases allow fast peak identification. Quantitative calculations are performed with internal or external standards, dilution and/or multiplication factors.

Several analysis runs can be compared using compiler programmes. The result of each analysis is documented in an individual report.