Recent advances in continuous segmented analysers

To counteract the growing competition to their AutoAnaiyzers since the 

The so-called third generation of Technicon air-segmented flow analysers is represented by the TrAAcs-800, a modular model capable of handling between one and four channels (parameters). The advantages offered by these analysers can be summarized as follows  

This type of analyser is basically intended for non-ciinical applications such us the monitoring of water pollutants, the determination of assimilable elements In soils or industrial analyses. 

For clinical applications, Technlcon launched an air-segmented flow analyser, the CHEM-1, based on a novel philosophy called capsule chemistry technology by Its Inventors [32]. This Involves the use of an Inert fluorocar- 

Another novelty Introduced with the CHEM-1 is the way In which sample and reagents are mixed In the so-called vanish zone . This Is a widening of the tube diameter by 50 (from 1 to 1.5 mm) over a short length, which causes a momentary alteration In the flow the separating air bubbles, of lower volume 

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