ICS-Dionex 3000 Ion Chromatography System

Make: Dionex (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Model: ICS-3000
Facility Status: Working
Category: Ion Chromatography System
Available Equipment/Mode of Use: Typically used with automated sample delivery via AS Autosampler: can be configured for simultaneous or sequential sample analysis.
Facility Management Team and Location: CGC TEC, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–National Physical Laboratory (CSIR–NPL)
Department: Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology
Lab Email ID: tuhin@nplindia.org, tuhinkumarmandal@gmail.com
Facility Location: Centre for Global Change, QSL Building, TEC
Lab Phone No: 01145609437

Facility Features, Working Principle, and Specifications:

• Features:

  • Modular design with high productivity, expanded capabilities, and superior performance.

  • Includes Eluent Generator (EG) for high-purity eluent generation, supporting Reagent-Free Ion Chromatography (RFIC).

  • Single Pump (SP) or Dual Pump (DP) configurations for isocratic or gradient applications, supporting standard-bore and microbore columns.

  • AS Autosampler supports up to 110 vials (9mL or 22mL) for automated analysis with overlapping thermostatting for maximum throughput.

  • Detector/Chromatography (DC) module for precise detection.

• Working Principle:

  • Ion chromatography separates ions and polar molecules based on their charge using a liquid mobile phase and a stationary phase. The ICS-3000 uses electrolytic eluent generation to produce high-purity eluents, enabling gradient separations as easily as isocratic ones. The system employs conductivity detection or other detectors to identify and quantify ions.

• Body Specification:

  • Modular system with EG-1, SP-1, AS-1, and DC-1 modules.

  • Dual-system support for simultaneous analyses.

  • Precise control of mobile phase mixing and flow rates.

• Applications:

  • Environmental analysis (e.g., water quality, anion/cation analysis).

  • Pharmaceutical and food safety testing.

  • Industrial process monitoring.