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Table 5 Model Calculations for Reducing Instrument Cost by HighSpeed SEC<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> samples Time required<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

instruments required<br />

Per year Per day Traditional HighSpeed Traditional HighSpeed<br />

20,000 100 15,000 h 1500 h 11 1<br />

2000 days 200 days ($390,000) ($39,000)<br />

200 10 1500 h 150 h 1 ! 1<br />

200 days 20 days ($39,000)<br />

Calculations based on: 45 min/run, 7 h/day, 200 days/yr up-time.<br />

Source: Ref. 14.<br />

4.3 Applications <strong>of</strong> PSS HighSpeed TM SEC Columns<br />

Published applications are still rare because the broad use <strong>of</strong> HighSpeed SEC is<br />

very recent. However, Gray <strong>and</strong> Long (12) <strong>and</strong> Kilz <strong>and</strong> Montag (13) have<br />

published the first results on HighSpeed analyses for polyolefins in hightemperature<br />

applications (Fig. 16). Initial data show that it is possible, but<br />

information on accuracy, repeatability, <strong>and</strong> stability have not yet been published.<br />

The comparison <strong>of</strong> conventional <strong>and</strong> HighSpeed SEC results for<br />

poly(siloxanes) in toluene with RI detection showed good agreement <strong>of</strong> results,<br />

while cutting analysis time down to about 2 min.<br />

Figure 16 HighSpeed SEC separation <strong>of</strong> different polyethylene samples run in TCB at<br />

1458C using two PSS Polefin HighSpeed columns. (From Ref. 13.)<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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