Smartline Autosampler 3900 Manual / Handbuch V 1508 03/2007

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5 µl of AIR is injected together with the sample, in case an air segment is
selected in the System Settings.
Sometimes other combinations of syringe, loop and/or buffer are
advised:
Injection volumes smaller than 5 µl:
Partial loop fill:
Preferably install a 20 µl sample loop to avoid loss of accuracy due to
expansion of the loop content when switching from inject to load position
prior to sample loading. Especially when working with high pressure (200
bar), this loss may be in the order of 0.1 - 0.5 µl for a 100 µl loop.
Note that the minimum sample loss in partial loop fill mode is 30 µl
(recommended minimum flush volume) for the first injection and an
additional 15 (always half the programmed flush volume) for additional
injections from the same vial. If a wash between injections has been
programmed, sample loss is 30 µl for every injection. For zero sample
loss injections, use the µl-pick injection mode.
µl Pick-up:
Do not install a smaller sample loop!
The sample plug is transported into the loop, preceded by a
programmable air segment of 5 µl, with a plug of transport liquid, which
equals 2.5 times the programmed needle tubing volume. The 20 µl loop is
too small to guarantee quantitative injection.
Injection volumes up to twice the standard:
With the standard 250 µl syringe, standard needle with tubing (15 µl) and
standard 500 µl buffer, but with a 200 µl sample loop, the maximum
injection volumes are:
Full loop: 200 µl Sample loss remains 230 µl since
loops > 100 µl need only one loop
volume overfill
Partial loop fill: 100 µl
µl Pick-up: 77 µl
Smaller volumes than 10 µl may be injected, but reproducibility and
accuracy may not be < 0.5% for partial loop fill or < 1% for µl pickup!
For volumes larger than 200 µl:
Install the 2000 µl buffer; install the appropriate sample loop size and the
appropriate syringe: Syringe volume > 2 x injection volume. Injection
volumes larger than 500 µl are possible, but the sample may contaminate
the syringe. Program sufficient wash after use!
Buffer tubing:
Table 7: Syringe and buffer tubing.
Syringe Buffer tubing
250 µl 500 µl buffer tubing
1000 µl 2000 µl buffer tubing