OPTI-PAK® Trap Columns boast a unique hardware design which integrates a PEEK holder with an auto-adjusting stem. This highly effective combination provides a fluid interface with any 10-32 standard injector port, and guarantees a zero-dead-volume connection regardless of variance in tube stop depth. A proprietary method of frit placement allows the packed stem to be positioned directly into the flow path, which eliminates all excess swept volume. Less swept volume translates to absolute minimum sample dilution and dispersion.
The elegant, flexible design of OPTI-PAK® Trap Columns makes them ideal for any trapping application. Facilitate the trapping, desalting, and pre-concentration of an analyte mixture by installing our trap columns into the outlet of a switching valve. With OPTI-PAK®'s versatility, a second trap can be added downstream in the loop of an injection valve, effectively performing comprehensive two-dimensional separation.
Optimize Technologies offers OPTI-PAK® Trap Columns with a broad selection of capacities (0.5ug, 1ug, 2ug, 4ug, 8ug, and 20ug) and bed volumes (0.12uL, 0.25uL, 0.5uL, 1uL, 2uL, and 5uL). We also offer many options for packing material, including C18, C18AQ, C8, C4, SCX, SAX, and DVB. Alternatively, please contact us if you need custom packing material for your trap columns.
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