Chromatography data systems

The separation techniques used in chemistry include many specialized applications, among them chromatography. Chromatography may be preparative or analytical. Preparative chromatography seeks to separate the components of a mixture for further use (and is thus a form of purification). Analytical chromatography normally operates with smaller amounts of material and seeks to measure the relative proportions of analytes in a mixture. The two are not mutually exclusive. [see wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatography].

Typical chromatography software enables to measure and evaluate data from GC and HPLC sets. Some provide options for more specialized techniques such GPC, PDA,

There are many chromatography software applications generally addressed as Chromatography Data System (CDS) or Chromatography Data Stations that cover major requirements of chromatography laboratories. These can be divided in three categories:

Large applications - are usualy comprehensive and include large set of options, they can address virtually any type of analysis and are easily scalable to be used in large laboratories with many instruments. They are usualy based on Client /Server technologies and may contain LIMS solutions. On the other hand they are rather expensive and it takes longer time to learn how to use them. CDS in this category: EZChrom Elite from Scientific Software, Chemstation from Agilent Technologies, Empower software from Waters, etc.

Middle sized application - are oriented on smaler laboratories with several instruments. They also cover lerger scope of requirements including data acquisition and instrument control, integration with LIMS, dedicated extensions for specific separation techniques. CDS in this category: Clarity, atlas galaxie borwin totalchrom class-vp

Small applications - are usually dedicated applications for specific instrument or type of analysis. Often in this category can be found obsolete software packages that were more common in the 1990's. CDS in this category:

Clarity is an example of an application that evolved from its original DOS version targeted at small laboratories in non regulated environment into a software application that is able to meet the requirements of GLP regulated laboratory with several instruments. Its standard version is still intuitive to use, yet it can be extended ..... .

Many producers of chromatography instruments provide their products with dedicated software. Other possibility is to utilize OEM version of established chromatography software. The advantages are clear, customers today require integrated solutions htat are able to cooperate with heterogenous instrumentation as well as with LIMS. To develop full featured application that reaches beyond the boundaries of "User interface to instrument" is too expensive for most of the hardware manufacturers.

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