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The Disc-IC System is a package of two independent techniques from Thermo Fisher Scientific— discrete analysis and ion chromatography for comprehensive water analysis. Unique and fully automated, the Disc-IC System combines the power of direct measurement, discrete photometric analysis with ion chromatography to support a comprehensive water analysis workflow that offers the highest flexibility and sample throughput to reduce overall cost per analysis.
Thermo Scientific Gallery discrete analyzers are robust and easy to use, and provide parallel measurement of multiple analytes, including those used in photometric (colorimetric and enzymatic) and electrochemical (pH and conductivity) analysis. All necessary analysis steps are automated and low detection levels can be achieved.
Thermo Scientific Dionex IC systems can be tailored to meet specific anion and cation analysis needs, providing direct determination of multiple analytes in a single run, the highest sensitivity, and the ability to handle even the most challenging of water samples.
The Disc-IC System provides a true walkaway solution for comprehensive wine, beer, fruit juice, carbohydrates, organic acids, source water, process water, and waste water analysis and performs unattended large sample series analysis.
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Migrating to a high throughput parallel analysis workflow
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Traditional multiparameter water testing involves measurement, titration and ion chromatography methods for pH, conductivity, alkalinity, hardness, anions, and/or cations. Each test requires a separate sample and often multiple sequential steps which extends the testing time and makes the overall testing workflow complex. Multifaceted hyphenated systems need a specialist staff to run and monitor equipment, water quality testing is labor-intensive, time-consuming and inefficient. Routine water testing can be costly and time consuming for a laboratory that performs routine wet chemical and ion analysis in ground water, drinking water, sewage water and waste water analysis while experiencing increased demand for the routine analytical services.
Thermo Scientific discrete analyzer
Routine high throughput analysis
- Single instrument—many parameters
- Up to 350 tests/hr
- Parallel pH and conductivity measurements together with photometric parameters
- Basic water testing: pH, conductivity, alkalinity, total hardness
- Comprehensive waste water testing as per regulatory methods: Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN), total phosphate, total phenol, Total Oxidizable Nitrogen (TON), phosphate, nitrite, nitrate, boron, aluminum
- Corrosive anions: Fluoride, chloride, sulfate, sulfide, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, thiocyanate
- Scale formers: Silica, calcium, magnesium
- Corrosion inhibitors: Ammonia, zinc, molybdenum, nitrite
- Corrosion indicators: Total iron, hexavalent chromium, zinc
- Free and total cyanide
- Regulatory fulfillment: wastewater analysis as per US EPA and other standard methods
Thermo Scientific Dionex IC System
Comprehensive ion analysis
- Fast anion and cation analysis
- Ultra trace (ng/L) determinations
- Complex sample matrices
- Wide range of corrosion inhibitors
- Corrosive anions: Fluoride, chloride, sulfate, sulfide, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, thiocyanate and oxyhalides chlorite, chlorate, perchlorate, bromate
- Cations: Lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium, ammonia
- Scale formers: Silica, calcium, magnesium
- Corrosion inhibitors: Ammonia, zinc, molybdenum, nitrite, azoles, alkyl amines, alkanol amines, poly acrylic acid (PAA)
- Corrosion indicators: Ferrous and ferric iron, hexavalent chromium, zinc, copper, manganese at sub-ppb level
- Free and total cyanide
- Ultra trace (ng/L) determinations: in DI water, steam condensate
- Lab and online analysis
- Complex sample matrices: Sour water, waste water
- Regulatory fulfillment: wastewater analysis as per approved methods
Key features
Unique, disposable DECACELL cuvettes
- The low cost, disposable DECACELL cuvettes used are 10 independent reaction cells mounted together for true discrete analysis
- No need for washing – Improves throughput
- No carry over – Improves result reliability
- Reduced sample and reagent consumption: 2–240 μL
- Lowest waste generation and disposal cost
- Reduced cost per analysis
High-throughput analyzer
- True, direct-read discrete analyzer
- Increased throughput with a sample capacity of up to 200 tests/hour
- Optional ECM unit for parallel pH and conductivity measurement
- 12 filter positions - covering wide spectral range from 340 to 880 nm
- Up to 20 different chemical parameters per sample
- Measurements cover a large concentration range with excellent reproducibility - Sensitivity to the ppb level
Versatility and ease of use
- Pre-defined ready-to-use methods
- More than 50 ready-to-use enzymatic and colorimetric reagents
- Automated calibration from single stock standard
- Automatic dilution of over-range samples
- Wide incubation temperature range from 25 °C to 60 °C
- User-specific applications can be developed to meet individual testing needs
User interface and data management
- Workflow based operation— suitable for all users’ levels
- Bi-directional LIMS
- User administration
- Traceability - Built-in barcode readers for samples and reagents
- Real-time QC program with multiple, user-definable Westgard rules
- QC charts - Out-of-specification control results flagged
- Instrument validation using IQ Kit
Low cost of ownership
- Xenon source lamp – Savings over lifetime of the instrument
- Ready to use Gallery system reagents eliminate time-consuming reagent preparation, freeing operators for other tasks
- Unique low volume cuvette design for less reagent waste and potentially lowering operation costs
- Contamination-free analysis using disposable cuvettes
- Accommodates a variety of sample cups and primary tubes
Save time and labor with automated eluent generation
- Just-add-water ease of use, which avoids handling toxic chemicals
- Optimize runs for peak performance with on-demand gradients
- Increase run-to-run consistency by removing user-to-user variability
- Lower maintenance requirements by exposing pumps only to water
Eluent suppressors
- Achieve low noise and high sensitivity
- Get robust tolerance for potentially problematic sample matrices with chemical suppression or get the convenience of electrolytic suppression
- Continuous regeneration assures high uptime and run-to-run consistency
Extensive portfolio of Thermo Scientific Dionex analytical columns
- Choose the selectivity, capacity, and format to match your application needs
- Combine 4 μm particle columns with high-pressure IC (HPIC) systems to accelerate chromatographic speed and enhance resolution
- Explore the impact of varying run parameters with the Thermo Scientific Virtual Column Separation Simulator
- Download pre-tested instrument methods from the Thermo Scientific AppsLab Library of Analytical Applications
Inline or off-line sample preparation
- Remove particulates with high-pressure inline filters—labor saving, low maintenance, no sample loss
- Eliminate matrix interferences with Thermo Scientific Dionex OnGuard and Thermo Scientific Dionex InGuard cartridges, or Thermo Scientific Dionex Guardcap vial caps
Automated sample handling
- Reduce hands on time to optimize throughput
- Automatically modify the amount of sample injected with Thermo Scientific Chromeleon Chromatography Data System (CDS) AutoDilution
- Use the sample dilution capabilities of the Thermo Scientific Dionex AS-AP autosampler or choose to inject variable sample loop volumes
Disc-IC System benefits
- Two independent techniques for wet chemical and ion analysis simplifies the overall water analysis workflow
- Flexibility in choosing the technology between throughput, selectivity and sensitivity
- Covers wide range of water sample matrix to test many different parameters
- Workflow-based operation— suitable for all users’ levels
- Ready to use reagent kits reduces preparation errors
- Automated features, such as eluent generation, ensure analytical efficiency
- Stable calibration over a wide concentration range and Auto dilution of overrange samples
- Highest sensitivity and fulfills international regulatory methods requirements
- Fully automated workflow suitable for multiparameter water analysis
- Limited or no manual intervention ensures high throughput
- Ready to run pre-tested method parameters simplifies the workflow
- Two independent instruments – simplifies users training and routine maintenance in the lab
- HPIC – Fast anions and cations analysis
- HPIC – On the fly gradient with automated eluent generation
- Gallery Discrete analyzer - Parallel determination of up to 20 different wet chemical parameters
- Gallery Discrete Analyzers - can perform up to 350 photometric tests per hour and up to 67, parallel, pH and conductivity measurements
- Two independent techniques for wet chemical and ion analysis simplifies the overall water analysis workflow
- Flexibility in choosing the technology between throughput, selectivity and sensitivity
- Covers wide range of water sample matrix to test many different parameters
- Workflow-based operation— suitable for all users’ levels
- Ready to use reagent kits reduces preparation errors
- Automated features, such as eluent generation, ensure analytical efficiency
- Stable calibration over a wide concentration range and Auto dilution of overrange samples
- Highest sensitivity and fulfills international regulatory methods requirements
- Fully automated workflow suitable for multiparameter water analysis
- Limited or no manual intervention ensures high throughput
- Ready to run pre-tested method parameters simplifies the workflow
- Two independent instruments – simplifies users training and routine maintenance in the lab
- HPIC – Fast anions and cations analysis
- HPIC – On the fly gradient with automated eluent generation
- Gallery Discrete analyzer - Parallel determination of up to 20 different wet chemical parameters
- Gallery Discrete Analyzers - can perform up to 350 photometric tests per hour and up to 67, parallel, pH and conductivity measurements
Applications
Ensuring confidence in the quality of results, the methods used for analysis in the Gallery discrete analyzers are well-known enzymatic and colorimetric chemistries optimized to the result levels established in international reference methods, US EPA, ISO, DIN, ASTM and other standard methods. The table below summarizes international regulatory approved discrete analyzer and Ion chromatography methods.
Gallery discrete analyzer
U.S. EPA and international reference methods
| Regulatory methods | Analytes |
|---|---|
| EPA 310.2 ISBN 0117516015 SMWW 2320 B | Alkalinity* |
| SM 3500-AI B | Aluminum* |
| EPA 350.1 ISO 7150 ISO 15923-1 DIN 38406 ISBN 0117516139 | Ammonia |
| ISBN 0117515833 | Boron* |
| EPA 410.4 | COD* |
| EPA 325.2 EN ISO 15682 ISO 15923-1 ISBN 0117516260 SM 4500-Cl-E | Chloride |
| EPA 330.5 SM4500-Cl G | Chlorine* |
| EPA 120.1 | Conductivity |
| SM 3500-Cu C | Copper |
| ASTM D2036-09(B) | Cyanide |
| EPA 335.4 | Cyanide (Total) |
| EPA 340.3 SM 3500-F D | Fluoride |
| EPA 130.1 | Hardness (Total) |
*Third party reagents; # after digestion
| Regulatory methods | Analytes |
|---|---|
| ISO 11083 DIN EN ISO 23913:2009 ASTM D1687-12(A) SM 3500 Cr-B SW 7196 A | Hexavalent chromium |
| ISO 6332-1988 SM 3500-Fe B | Iron |
| SM 3500-Fe B | Iron (Ferrous), Iron (Total) |
| ASTM D7781-14 ASTM D7781-14 (NECi) Nitrate Reductase method for drinking water (USGS I-2547-11 (USGS I-2548-11 (NECi) Method N07-0003 | Nitrate (TON ENz) |
| EPA 353.1 ISO 15923-1 ISBN 0117515930 SM 4500-NO3 H | Nitrate (TON Hyd) |
| NEMI (Nitrate via manual Vanadium (III) reduction) | Nitrate (TON Vanadium) |
| EPA 354.1 ISO 13395:1996 ISO 15923-1 DIN EN 26777 ISBN 0117515930 SM 4500 NO2-B | Nitrite |
| EPA 150.2 | pH |
| Regulatory methods | Analytes |
|---|---|
| EPA 420.1 ISBN 0117516171 | Phenols (Total) |
| EPA 365.1 EN ISO 6878 ISO 15923-1 ISBN 0117515825 SM 4500 P-E | Phosphate |
| EPA 365.4 ISBN 0117518883 | Phosphorus (Total) |
| EPA 370.1 ISO 15923-1 SM 4500 SiO2-C USGS I-2700-85 | Silica |
| EPA 375.4 ISO 15923-1 DIN 38405-D 5-2 ASTM D516-11 ISBN 0117533406 SM 4500 SO4-E | Sulfate |
| EPA 376.2 ISBN 011751718 SM 4500-S2 D HMSO SCA Blue Book | Sulfide* |
| SMWW 4500-CN-M | Thiocyanate* |
| EPA 351.2 ASTM D3590-11 (B) ISBN 0117521299 SMWW 4500-N(Org) | Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) |
Ion chromatography
US EPA and international reference methods
| Regulatory methods | Analytes |
|---|---|
| EPA 302 EPA 317 EPA 321.8 EPA 326 ISO 11206 | Bromate |
| ASTM D6581 | Chlorite, bromate, bromide, chlorate |
| ASTM D7237 | Cyanide |
| EPA 300.0 ASTM D4327 | Fluoride, chloride, nitrite, bromide, nitrate, ortho-phosphate, sulfate |
| EPA 300.1 | Fluoride, chloride, nitrite, bromide, nitrate, ortho-phosphate, sulfate, bromate, chlorite, chlorate |
| EPA 557 | HAAs, BrO3, dalapon |
| EPA 218.7 ASTM D5257 | Hexavalent chromium |
| ISO 14911 ASTM D6919 | Lithium, sodium, potassium, ammonium, magnesium, calcium |
| ASTM D6994 | Metal cyanide |
| EPA 314.0 EPA 314.2 EPA 332 ISO 19340 | Perchlorate |
| ASTM D8001 | TKN, total phosphorus |
Discrete analyzer market applications
Mastering beer analysis
Dedicated to analysis of beer, malt, and wort, the Gallery Plus Beermaster discrete analyzer automates labor-intensive and time-consuming tests.
Simplified wine analysis
Thermo Scientific Gallery discrete analyzers make wine analysis simple, accurate and reliable. Our ready-to-use system reagents are specifically developed for rapid and cost-effective analysis of juice and wine.
High-throughput environmental analysis
Learn how our discrete analyzers help you comply with the US EPA Clean Water Act (CWA) by automating photometric and electrochemical analysis to provide fast, reproducible results.
Industrial water analysis
To eliminate corrosion and scaling that can damage valuable industrial components and to ensure regulatory compliance, reliable water analysis must be performed continuously.
Enzyme assay analysis
Automation of enzyme assays is becoming increasingly important and the new Gallery Enzyme Master satisfy new method development to routine QA/QC tests.
Environmental & industrial applications compendium
Discover how Gallery Discrete Analyzers offer simultaneous, multi-parameter nutrient analysis for drinking water, wastewater, sewage water, soil and fertilizer and plant extract samples.
Resources
Solution for routine and comprehensive industrial process water and waste water analysis
The combined power of the Disc-IC System improves productivity and efficiency in water testing labs, while it consolidates your steam and water chemistry analytical needs.
It Takes a Lot of Water to Turn Oil into Gold
See how the Disc-IC System provides the best measurement and throughput for your water analysis needs.
Industrial process water and waste water analysis solution
Learn how the Disc-IC System is used for routine, comprehensive water analysis and how it consolidates steam and water chemistry analytics
Municipal water application notebook
A collection of IC applications for inorganics, cations, disinfection byproducts and contaminants in drinking water.
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