CombiFlash Torrent® User Manual - Isco

Section 2 Preparation
Note
The System Verification procedure (section 2.15) requires a Linear
gradient method.
Enable Run Length Extension – When enabled, this option
automatically extends the run if a peak is eluting at the end of
the maximum %B gradient. This ensures that a late-eluting
peak fully comes off the column and is collected.
An automatic run extension is a five-minute isocratic hold
added to the end of the run’s maximum %B gradient profile.
During the extension, the system continues to pump the
maximum %B solvent mixture. Should the system still detect
a peak after an extension, the system will add another, up to a
maximum of three extensions.
Occasionally, compounds might come off the column once the
%B returns to the minimum value at the end of a run. If the
Run Length Extension is enabled, it will automatically extend
the run one time to clear the column and plumbing of any
remaining material.
Original method
Extension 1 Extension 2 Final Extension
Extension 3
0 5 10 15 20 25
Minutes
Figure 2-21 Automatic Run Extension Examples
Figure 2-21 illustrates the possible run extensions. The
original method was programmed to rise to the maximum %B
over seven minutes, hold for two minutes and return to the
minimum %B for a final minute. At nine minutes, a peak was
eluting. PeakTrak extended the run, holding the %B at the
maximum level for another five minutes. This also occurred at
fourteen and nineteen minutes, resulting in the second and
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