Dionex and EMD Millipore announce water purification system

Dionex Corporation and EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany, have announced a worldwide distribution agreement for the EMD Millipore ICW-3000 water purification system for Dionex ion chromatography (IC) systems using RFIC-EG technology.

Dionex Corporation will be able to distribute the water purifier and consumables directly to users globally. The ICW-3000 system was designed specifically as an ultra pure water source for reagent-free IC systems with the powerful ‘just add water’ technology that eliminates the need for eluent preparation.

The system provides a continual flow of ultra pure water to the eluent generator and separately for regeneration of the suppressor for up to two analytical-scale IC systems. Water in the 10 L reservoir is purified, reducing ionic contaminants, as well as organics, to very low levels. This sharply decreases interferences and improves experiment reproducibility and sensitivity.

Concerns about system contamination caused by water of questionable purity are eliminated.

“This water purification system is ideal for capillary IC analysis on the new Dionex ICS-5000 Capillary IC system,” explains Stéphane Dupont, EMD Millipore Product Manager. “The ICW-3000 water purification system provides ultrapure water for extended periods without refilling,” he adds.

“Operators can have complete confidence that their IC systems will have high-quality water to enhance instrument performance and reliability,” says Bernard Sheldon, IC System Product Manager. “With no worries about eluent contamination, and with total integration of the water purifier to the IC system, this is truly set-and-forget chromatography.”