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Ion chromatography apparatus and method for removing gas prior to sample detection

US6444475B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1999
Grant dateSep 3, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2030/965
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods and devices for removing gas prior to detecting analyte ions are discolored. In one aspect of the invention, gas by-products from the suppression of the mobile phase are removed prior to detecting analyte ions at a detector. In another aspect, the amount of dissolved carbonic acid is reduced in a suppressed carbonate/bicarbonate mobile phase by removing carbon dioxide gas.

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