Dedicated Analytical Solutions

Chemical analysis

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For use by: Laboratories requiring automatic wet chemical analysis of a wide range of analytes

Analysis volume: Modular system enabling three parameters to be analyzed simultaneously- analysis time as little as one minute per sample (up to 180 analyses per hour)

Samples: Water, soil and plants plus other matrices such as meat, wine and milk

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FIAstar™ 5000 System

Versatile and automated wet chemical analysis

The FIAstar™ 5000 System is used for automatic wet chemical analysis of nutrients and other parameters in water, soil and plant, as well as in meat, dairy, wine and other food products; based on flow injection analysis and colorimetric methods. 

 

Fiastar Flow Injection Analysis

Flow Injection Analysis of mineral nitrogen and phosphorus in soil

Rapid, convenient analysis of soil with FIAstar aids research on various crop requirements for nutrients.

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The FIAstar™ 5000 System is used for automatic wet chemical analysis of nutrients and other parameters in water, soil and plant, as well as in meat, dairy, wine and other food products; based on flow injection analysis and colorimetric methods. 

 

Evaluation of FIAstar™ for determination of amylose in milled rice

Fast and accurate analysis of key rice characteristics

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The FIAstar™ 5000 System is used for automatic wet chemical analysis of nutrients and other parameters in water, soil and plant, as well as in meat, dairy, wine and other food products; based on flow injection analysis and colorimetric methods. 

 

Flow Injection Analysis

FIA – Flow Injection Analysis is a microchemical technique to automate wet chemical methods. In a FIA system, a carrier solution and the chemical reagents are continuously pumped through tubes, mixing coils and finally through a flow cell in a detector. A small portion of the sample is injected into the carrier. The carrier merges with one or more reagents to produce a chemical reaction. The resulting color change in the sample zone is measured in the detector providing a result in under a minute.

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The dispersion or dilution of the sample zone is controlled by the system components, i.e. injected volume, flow rates and length and diameter of the tubing. When the dispersed sample zone reaches the flow cell of the detector, neither the chemical reaction nor the dispersion process must have reached completion or a steady state. Keeping identical conditions for both samples and standards makes evaluation and quantification reproducible and precise.

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Modular options

Parameters can be analyzed one by one on a 1-channel system, switching method cassettes on the FIAstar™ Analyzer module in between parameters. Alternatively, two or three parameters can be analyzed simultaneously on a 2 or 3 channel system having method cassettes in all FIAstar™ Analyzer modules.

The ultimate in ease of use

FIAstar™ 5000 SoFIA software has been designed for convenience and ease of use. Speed buttons can be used for frequently used functions, analytical errors are detected according to GLP and the LIMS interface can be used to export results.

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