General Description; Unpacking The Degasser Unit - Knauer Smartline 5000 Serie Handbuch

Vacuum Degasser Unit

General Description

Table 2 Smartline Manager 5000

Unpacking the Degasser Unit

rates, all but eliminates this cross contamination concern by the
chromatographer. Teflon AF
associated with HPLC for a few years without concern for normal HPLC
solvents. However, Teflon AF
Solvents/Mobile Phase) and must not be used to degas these types of
solvents.
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Teflon AF is permeable to some degree to water vapor whereas PTFE is
not. While the vacuum pump in the Vacuum Degasser contains internal
provisions for sweeping water or solvent vapor from the pump
continuously, it is possible that over time, high concentration buffers may
form crystals within the channel due to the loss of water within the
channel. The same precautions should be taken to prevent crystallization
within these channels as are taken for the HPLC pump. See the "Short-
term Shutdown" procedures.
The Smartline Degasser, analytical version, is available for flow rates up
to 10 ml/min per channel:
- Smartline Manager 5000
The semipreparative version of the Smartline Degasser can be used for
flow rates up to 50 ml/min:
- Smartline Manager 5000
The degasser unit is configured in the Smartline Manager 5000 either as
an individual module or in combination with a low pressure gradient mixer
for the Smartline Pump 1000 and / or with the Interface Module.
Interface Degasser
Module Module
Analytical
X X
X X
X
X
X
X
Carefully unpack the Smartline Manager 5000 with Vacuum Degasser
Unit and check for obvious signs of damage that may have occurred
during shipment. Immediately report any damage or missing items to your
Service Representative.
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has been used in certain optical systems
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is soluble in certain solvents (see page 16
4 channel analytical degasser unit.
2 channel semipreparative degasser unit.
Smartline Manager 5000
Degasser LPG Module
Module
Preparative
X
X
X
X
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Order No.
X A5311
A5312
X A5313
A5316
X A5320
A5321
X A5322
A5323