Merck Milli-Q Lab Water Solutions

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Comprehensive solutions to match your purified water needs

In New Zealand, in partnership with Merck, we offer the Milli-Q® Lab Water Solutions portfolio which offers a broad range of pure and ultrapure water purification systems and services.

 

This portfolio is designed for scientists working in pharmaceutical, clinical, academic, industrial, research, and government laboratories — in both validated and non-validated environments.

 

Whether you’re after Ultrapure (Type 1) or pure (Type 2, Type 3/RO) water; whether your feed water is from a tap or pre-treated water; whether you’re needing a benchtop polisher system or to supply lab water for your entire building, we have a solution for you.

 

Norms define different laboratory water grades for both technical and economical reasons. The purpose of these norms is to ensure that the right water quality is used for your applications, while limiting laboratory operating costs. Type 1 water has the highest purity but is also the most expensive to generate.

 

If your application requires different types of water, let our team assist with designing a water purification system specific to meet your needs.

Laboratory water types

Type 3 

Type 3 water is the lowest laboratory water grade, recommended for glassware rinsing, heating baths and filling autoclaves, or to feed Type 1 lab water systems.

Type 2

Type 2 laboratory-grade water is used in general laboratory applications such as buffers, pH solutions and microbiological culture media preparation; as feed to Type 1 water systems, clinical analysers, cell culture incubators and weathering test chambers; and for preparation of reagents for chemical analysis or synthesis.     

Type 1  

Type 1 laboratory grade water is required for critical laboratory applications such as HPLC, GC, HPLC, AA, ICP-MS and other advanced analytical techniques; preparation of buffers and culture media for cell culture; production of reagents for molecular biology applications (DNA sequencing, PCR); and preparation of solutions for electrophoresis and blotting.

Selection guides

We offer complete solutions designed to meet your laboratory water needs. Our Lab Water experts will take the time required to evaluate your unique situation and to propose the best-adapted lab water purification solution. 

From tap to Pure/Type 3 (RO) water

A pre-filtration setup before the system is recommended with potable feedwater source. Will always need a tank/reservoir to store the product water.

 

Water production rate Systems
Up to 13,000 L/day Milli-Q™ HR 7000 series
Up to 480 L/day RIOs™ Essential  
Up to 150 L/day RIOs™

From tap to Pure/Type 2 water

A pre-filtration setup before the system is recommended with potable feedwater source. Will always need a tank/reservoir to store the product water.

 

Water production rate Systems
Up to 9,000 L/day Milli-Q™ HX 7000 series
Up to 3,000 L/day Milli-Q™ HX 7000 SD series  
Up to 300 L/day Milli-Q™ IX 7003/05/10/15 Elix™ Essential

From Pure to Ultrapure/Type 1 water

Requires pre-treated water (RO or Type II water quality) to ‘feed’ the Type I water system. 

 

Water production rate Systems
Up to 2 L/min Milli-Q™ IQ 7000  Milli-Q™ EQ 7000
Up to 1.5 L/min Synergy™
Up to 0.5 L/min Simplicity™

From tap to Ultrapure/Type 1 water

A pre-filtration setup before the system is recommended with potable feedwater source. Unit will produce ‘pure’ water and requires storage reservoir; Type I water produced on demand.

 

Milli-Q™ IQ 70XX series produces Type II and Type I product water.

 

Water production rate Systems
Up to 2 L/min Milli-Q™ IQ 70003/05/10/15 Milli-Q™ EQ 7008/7016
Up to 0.5 L/min Direct-Q™  

Please note: The Millipore range of water purification systems are only available in New Zealand. If you are in Australia, please view our range available here.