FORMACS™ Series
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Total Nitrogen (TN) analyzers
The perfect solution when there is a need for rapid and reliable tests for carbon and/or nitrogen in samples coming from a variety of natural, domestic and industrial sources.
Face your analytical and throughput challenges
The FORMACS™
Series is ideal for fast, reliable determination of carbon species and nitrogen by high temperature catalytic combustion in a wide range of environmental samples.
The FORMACS™ HT is designed to measure TC, IC, TOC, NPOC, POC and DOC in cleaner sample types, whether in large batches with a 150-position autosampler or as a stand-alone model.
The FORMACS™ HT-i is especially useful with particulate laden samples and suspensions in mind, with its direct injection mechanism and wide-bore pickup and injection needle.
Both models can be extended with the measurement of TN/TKN and the semi-automatic analysis of TC and IC in solids.
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FORMACS™ Series range of TOC/TN analyzers
FORMACS ™ HT
The FORMACS™ HT TOC analyzer provides a fast and reliable analysis of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in liquid samples using high temperature catalytic combustion. The unit is designed to measure TC, IC, TOC, NPOC, POC and DOC in water samples. The FORMACS™ HT can be extended for TN, NO3 + NO2 analysis and TOC in solids.
FORMACS™ HT-i
The FORMACS™ HT-i TOC/TN analyzers provide fast, reliable analysis of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Total Nitrogen (TN) in liquid samples by direct sample injection in a high temperature catalytic combustion furnace. The units are especially designed for particulate laden samples (suspensions), but can handle the concentration of nitrogen and/or carbon fractions from various other sample matrices.
FORMACS™ HT
High Temperature TOC Analyzer
The FORMACS™ HT Total Organic Carbon high temperature catalytic combustion system features a versatile modular design and excellent performance for the analysis of Total Carbon (TC), Total Inorganic Carbon (TIC), Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Non-Purgeable Organic Carbon (NPOC). This design was developed to conform to the latest customer requirements and allows the determination of TOC in clean waters such as pharmaceutical - and drinking waters but also performing equally well for the analysis of waste, surface, seawater and soil extracts.
The Total Organic Carbon analyzer can be operated as a stand-alone analyzer where sample and standard solutions are introduced directly through a rotary septumless injection port for analysis of TC and TIC. For larger sample numbers an optional random access auto-sampler is available for complete automation of the TOC determination. The auto-sampler is available with different carrousels for vials with different volumes. Sample pre-treatment for NPOC determination is fully controlled by the operation software and can be set in preferred mode by the operator. The instrument has the possibility with a dual needle set-up to acidify and purge the following sample while analyzing the current one, which saves valuable analysis time.
FORMACS™ HT-i
The FORMACS™ HT-i TOC/TN analyzers provide fast, reliable analysis of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Total Nitrogen (TN) in liquid samples by direct sample injection in a high temperature catalytic combustion furnace. The units are especially designed for particulate laden samples (suspensions), but can handle the concentration of nitrogen and/or carbon fractions from various other sample matrices.
FORMACS™ TN
Total Nitrogen Analyzer
The FORMACS™ TN analyzer uses the ND25 Total Nitrogen detector for the analysis of Total Nitrogen (TN). Total Nitrogen can be measured in a range from low ppb levels to high ppm levels with high accuracy in a short analysis time using chemiluminescence detection (CLD).
The FORMACS™ TN also provides a unique cost-effective and safer alternative for Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) analysis, by an integrated NN-reactor for the analysis of NO3 + NO2 (NN). The TKN value is determined in two steps, i.e. the analysis of TN and the analysis of NN via chemical reduction, where NO3 and NO2 are reduced to nitric oxide (NO) and detected via CLD detection. The TKN value is obtained automatically by subtraction: TKN = TN - NN. This unique alternative method of TKN analysis results in a very fast analysis time (5 min.), and eliminates the use of hazardous digestion acids.
PRIMACS™ MCS
TOC add-on module for solid samples
The FORMACS™ Series Total Organic Carbon / Total Nitrogen analyzers can be extended with the PRIMACS™ MCS add-on module for Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis for solid materials such as soil, sediments and sludges.
The PRIMACS™ MCS is equipped with a dual-oven design, allowing separate analysis of Total Carbon (TC) and Inorganic Carbon (IC). TC is determined by catalytic oxidation and detection by the NDIR detector of the Formacs™ Series TOC analyzer. IC is determined by acidification of the sample in the IC reactor. The PRIMACS™ MCS software collects the data and calculates the TOC concentration of the sample by substraction ( TC - IC = TOC).
The PRIMACS™ MCS analyzes TC, IC and TOC in a range of 500 µg to 40 mg absolute carbon in up to 3 g of sample weight. Due to the automatic low-to-high range switching IR detector of the FORMACS™ Series TOC analyzer, the combination of the FORMACS™ Series analyzer with the PRIMACS™ MCS add-on module offers environmental laboratories a powerful tool to analyze TOC from low ppb concentrations in aqueous samples up to ppm levels in solid materials. The PRIMACS™ MCS conforms to international regulations such as EPA, ISO, NEN-EN 13137 and US EPA 9060
HTAccess
FORMACS™ HT/TN TOC/TN analyzer is controlled by HTAccess. This intuitive and flexible software package is used for data acquisition and instrument control.
It includes easy to use templates for routine analysis, multi point regression, automatic exclusion of results, recalculation, statistics etc. Extensive QC protocols are available such as CLP and 21 CFR part 11, which includes password protection and audit trails. Final results can be printed using a user-definable report format or exported to LIMS for further data handling.
Features
- Smart NPOC and Smart sparging
- Smart dilution functions with fixed or dynamic dilution factor
- Specific optimized analysis methods can be assigned to individual sample or batch-wise
- User defined alarm levels for safe and unattended operation
- User defined access levels to prevent unauthorized actions
- Automatic preparation of working standards
- Real-time graphs of analysis integration data for calibration
- Dual or single screen views of Carbon and Nitrogen
- Possibility of opening multiple analysis runs
- Availability of peak editing mode, during or after analysis
- Possibility of using Quality samples and creating QC Charts
- Possibility of exporting results during analysis
Typical applications
- Cooling water
- Drinking water
- Ground water
- Process waters
- Seawater
- Surface water
- Waste water
- Industrial control
- Pharmaceuticals
and many more
Industry
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