Description
The Agilent 1290 Infinity II Multicolumn Thermostat (MCT) facilitates precise column thermostatting over a broad temperature range with cooling down to 20 °C below ambient temperature and heating up to 110 °C.. This capability provides high flexibility for optimized speed and enhanced selectivity of LC separations. Exchangeable ultra-high-pressure valves enable a wide range of applications such as column selection from eight columns in a single MCT, sample preparation for analyte enrichment or matrix removal, alternating column regeneration – and many more.
The MCT matches perfectly with all InfinityLab LC Series systems and can also be combined with previous 1260 and 1290 Infinity Series modules.
Specifications:
Physical Specifications:
Weight: 12.5 kg (27.6 lbs)
Dimensions(height × width × depth): 160 x 435 x 436 mm (6.3 x 17.1 x 17.2 inches) Width with column identification kit: 472 mm
Line Voltage: 100 – 240 V~, ± 10 %
Line frequency: 50 or 60 Hz, ± 5 %
Power consumption: 150 VA, 150 W
Ambient operating temperature: 4–55 °C (39–131 °F)
Ambient non-operating temperature: -40 – 70 °C (-40 – 158 °F)
Humidity: < 95 % r.h. at 40 °C (104 °F)
Operating altitude: Up to 3000 m (9842 ft)
Performance Specifications:
Operating principle:
Thermostatted column compartment with dual, independent Peltier element.
Solvent pre-heating and still-air operation for reduction of chromatographic band broadening under UHPLC-conditions. Up to four devices can be clustered and controlled by a single user interface for additional flexibility.
Temperature range: 20 °C below ambient (minimum 4 °C) to 110 °C
Temperature range increment: Settable in steps of 0.1 °C
Temperature accuracy: ±0.5 °C (with calibration at 40 °C)
Temperature precision: 0.05°C
Independent temperature zones: 2 (in single device), Up to 8 in clustered configuration
Column capacity:
8 columns of 100 mm length plus Quick Connect fittings or pre-columns
4 columns of 300 mm length plus Quick Connect fittings or pre-columns
Selection of columns by single optional integrated 8-column selector valve (1300 bar)
32 columns of 100 mm length plus Quick Connect fittings or pre-columns
16 columns of 300 mm length plus Quick Connect fittings or pre-columns with clustering1 of four devices.
Heat-up/cool-down time:
5 min from ambient to 40 °C
10 min from 40 °C to 20 °C
<30 min from 25 °C to 100 °C
Solvent heat exchangers: Individually quick-installable for every column. Available at 1 µL internal volume, 0.075 mm i.d. capillary (ultra-low dispersion), 1.6 µL internal volume, 0.12 mm i.d. capillary (standard) and 3 µL internal volume, 0.12 mm i.d. capillary (high-flow).
Valve options:
1 x integrated valve drive as option
2 x external valve drives as option
to host user-exchangeable Quick Change valve heads (up to 1300 bar) of different formats:
2-position/6-port, 2-position/10-port, 4-column selection (4-position/10-port) up to 800 bar, 6-column selection (6-position/14-port), 8-column selection (8-position/18-port).
Valve heads are automatically identified by their RFID tag.
Column identification: Optionally, column identification kit to track history of up to eight columns. Mounted on left- and right-hand side of module.
Instrument control: LC and CE Drivers A.02.11 or above Agilent Instant Pilot (G4208A) B.02.19 or above InfinityLab LC Companion (G7108A) 1.1 or above. Lab Advisor B.02.06 or above
Communication: Controller Area Network (CAN)
GLP features: Valve heads carrying tags with serial number, pressure rating, number of switches and valve type. Concept of column identification.



