Agilent Technologies has announced the 1200 Infinity Series for analytical HPLC and UHPLC, which are said to offer a seamless integration of column technology, instrumentation and software.
The 1200 Infinity Series includes the new Agilent 1220 Infinity LC and Agilent 1260 Infinity LC, and the enhanced Agilent 1290 Infinity LC.
The Agilent 1200 Infinity Series marks the evolution of the 1200 LC range and 1120 Compact LC range using latest 1200 Series Rapid Resolution LC and 1290 Infinity LC technologies.
The 1220 and 1260 Infinity LCs offer enhanced HPLC and RRLC performance at an HPLC price.
All 1220 and 1260 Infinity systems are standardised on 600 bar system pressure, 80Hz data-acquisition speed and 2x or 10x higher UV sensitivity.
The 1220 and 1260 Infinity LCs are 100 per cent compatible with HPLC methods, ensuring risk-free replacement or upgrades of existing 1100 or 1200 Series instruments.
Further, the 1260 Infinity Quaternary Bio-inert LC system is said to offer the highest performance in bio-analysis and bio-purification.
The Agilent 1200 Infinity Series portfolio allows customers to tailor the exact systems they need, from the simplest manual isocratic LC to the highest-performance, fastest, most sensitive UHPLC systems.
The power range of 1200 Infinity Series LC systems is fully compatible with the latest column technology, such as 600 bar Poroshell and Zorbax RRHT or 1,200 bar Zorbax RRHD columns.
The 1220 Infinity LC is an integrated system for routine HPLC and advanced RRLC analyses.
It offers a 600 bar power range at up to 5ml/min and up to 10ml/min at lower pressure, and an 80Hz detector speed.
It is fully compatible with all additional detectors within the 1200 Infinity Series, as well as with Agilent 6100 Series Single Quadrupole LC/MS Systems.
Besides being capable of running RRLC applications, the 1220 Infinity can run existing conventional HPLC methods.
The 1220 Infinity LC utilises 1260 or 1290 Infinity LC technology and parts.
The 1260 Infinity LC offers rapid resolution power.
The power range of the 1260 Infinity Isocratic and Quaternary Pump of 600 bar at 5ml/min and up to 10ml/min at lower pressure easily handles 3.0 and 4.6mm id columns with sub-2um or superficially porous particles used in new Poroshell columns.
The 1260 Infinity Binary LC uses high-pressure solvent mixing for superior gradient accuracy at 600 bar and up to 5ml/min, and allows lower delay volumes, making it suitable for narrow bore columns.
The new 1260 Infinity Diode Array Detector increases UV sensitivity by tenfold, allowing more accurate peak detection and integration.
Full HPLC and RRLC compatibility enables unchanged execution of existing methods while being prepared for a seamless transfer to modern columns technologies whenever required.
The 1260 Infinity Quaternary LC is also available as a 100 per cent bio-inert version with 1-14pH range.
All 1260 Infinity LC systems are priced similarly to earlier 1200 Series HPLC systems.
The 1290 Infinity LC is said to deliver the industry's highest performance speed, resolution, sensitivity, accuracy and precision.
Enabling system features are a power range up to 1,200 bar pressure, flow rates up to 5ml/min, 10x-UV-sensitivity at 160Hz detection speed and carryover performance of typically less than 10ppm with the newly released 1290 Infinity Flexible Cube.
The 1290 Infinity LC enables users to deploy any particle type, any column dimensions or any mobile and stationary phases.
It also said to be the only system that offers highest UHPLC productivity at HPLC service costs, and the first to deliver the foundation for method transferability to and from any vendor's UHPLC and HPLC systems.
The 1260 and 1290 Infinity LCs are fully compatible with all Agilent 6000 Series high-end mass detectors.