Fundamentals of Combustion Ion Chromatography
Our 2.5-day, hands-on Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC) course is designed for laboratory professionals seeking to strengthen their understanding of their CIC system operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Through a combination of classroom instruction and practical laboratory exercises, participants will explore the complete CIC sample flow path, gain experience operating the system using MagIC Net software, and develop essential skills in preventative maintenance, data analysis, and troubleshooting. Whether you're a routine operator, analyst, chemist, or laboratory supervisor, this course provides the knowledge and practical experience needed to optimize instrument performance, improve data quality, minimize downtime, and confidently manage day-to-day CIC operations.
Agenda
Day One: CIC Fundamentals & Flow Path
- System overview
- CIC configurations and applications, key hardware components and their functions, understanding the combustion and IC subsystems, how samples travel through the complete flow path
- Flow path deep dive
- Sample introduction, combustion process, gas and liquid flow paths, absorber and transfer components, IC separation and detection
- Factors influencing performance
- Recovery and reporting limits, contamination sources, sample matrix effects, method performance considerations
- Practical workshop
- Trace the complete CIC flow path, identify critical system components, review common hardware configurations, operation and startup procedures
Day Two: Software, Operation, & Data Review
- MagIC Net fundamentals
- System overview and navigation, instruments and devices, methods and parameters, batch processing
- Routine operation
- Startup and shutdown procedures, calibration and verification, running samples and standards, monitoring system performance
- Data evaluation
- Understanding chromatograms, calibration review, reprocessing data, reviewing reports and results
- Practical workshop
- Method optimization, prepare sample sequences, run standards and samples, review and reprocess data, generate reports
Day Three: Maintenance & Troubleshooting
- Preventative maintenance
- Routine maintenance schedules, consumables and replacement intervals, cleaning procedures, performance verification checks
- Troubleshooting fundamentals
- Developing a systematic troubleshooting approach, using system diagnostics and software indicators, identifying root causes versus symptoms
- Common CIC issues
- Low recovery, contamination and carryover, peak shape issues, high background conductivity, high pressure, leaks and flow issues, combustion-related errors
- Practical workshop
- Guided troubleshooting exercises, maintenance demonstrations, open Q&A and course review
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