PrimacsATC - Total Carbon Analyzer

The analysis of Carbon is one of the most important parameters analyzed in food, soil & plant, sediment, sludge, and many others. The Skalar PrimacsATC Analyzer allows fast and accurate analysis of Total Carbon by high temperature catalytic combustion. The samples are weighed into re-usable crucibles and loaded onto the integrated autosampler. The analytical balance is interfaced with the software, which allows sample weights to be transferred automatically to the worklist by a simple mouse click. The unique vertical "bottom-to-top" sample introduction system lifts the samples into the high temperature combustion oven. At 1050°C the samples are combustion and the carbon in the sample is converted into CO2. The CO2 is measured by Non Dispersive Infrared Detection (NDIR). The software displays the peaks in real-time and the results can easily be printed or exported to a LIMS system. After complete combustion, the sample crucible is automatically removed from the oven. Any remains of the sample is removed from the combustion zone with the crucible, so no ash build-up will occur which reduces maintenance on the instrument. The combination of a high temperature combustion oven with a sensitive dual-range Infrared detector allows the PrimacsATC to analyze samples containing carbon concentrations from ppb levels to % levels. PrimacsMCS TOC add-on module for Solid samples -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The PrimacsSERIES Carbon / Nitrogen analyzers have now been extended with the new PrimacsMCS add-on module for Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis for solid materials such as soil, sediments and sludges. The PrimacsMCS operates in combination with the FormacsSERIES Total Organic Carbon analyzer (liquid samples), offering an economical concept to environmental laboratories for Total Organic Carbon analysis on aqueous samples as well as solid materials. The PrimacsMCS is equipped with a dual-oven design, allowing separate analysis of Total Carbon (TC) and Inoragnic Carbon (IC). Total Carbon is determined by catalytic oxidation of the sample at 1100°C, converting the carbon present in the sample to CO2, which is detected by the NDIR detector of the FormacsSERIES Total Organic Carbon analyzer. Inorganic Carbon is determined by acidification of the sample in the IC reactor, which converts the Inorganic Carbon present to CO2. The Windows based PrimacsMCS software collects the data and calculates the TOC concentration of the sample by substraction ( TC - IC = TOC). The PrimacsMCS analyzes TC, IC and TOC in a range of 100 µg to 40 mg absolute carbon in up to 3 g of sample weight. Due to the automatic low-to-high range switching IR detector of the FormacsSERIES Total Organic Carbon analyzer, the combination of the FormacsSERIES analyzer with the PrimacsMCS add-on module offers environmental laboratories a powerful tool to analyze TOC from low ppb concentrations in aqueous samples up to % levels in solid materials. The PrimacsMCS conforms to international regulations such as EPA, CEN, ISO, NEN-EN 13137 and US EPA 9060 PrimacsSLC Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, for Solid & Liquid Samples ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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