Stable isotope analysis for the detection of honey fraud and honey adulteration
- Extreme durability: Outstanding robustness and longevity thanks to state-of-the-art technology and a 10-year furnace warranty
- Ease of use: Easy, labor-saving instrument operation and sample preparation, with simplified maintenance
- High data quality: Outstanding precision and accuracy through high-performance combustion, no isotope fractionation
- Low cost of ownership: thanks to instrument sleep/wake-up functions for reduced resource consumption
Sample types
Honey
isoprime visION stable isotope analyzer
isoprime visION offers a completely new experience of stable isotope analysis, providing you with freedom from the routine chores of maintenance and allowing you to focus on the science, not the instrumentation.
Its thorium dioxide-coated filament is substantially more resistant to oxidation failure during LC-IRMS analysis, while its stainless steel vacuum chamber provides better tolerance to high water vapor loads. The ionization filament is provided with a 12-month guarantee against physical failure giving you the confidence that instrument downtime will be significantly improved compared to other manufacturers instrumentation.
Additionally, the system’s efficiency is second-to-none, with Good-For-Go control significantly reducing instrument contact time, automated switching between LC and EA inlet systems, an economical sleep mode and pre-configured methods ensuring the instrument rapidly offers a strong return on investment.
isoprime visION is also almost 50 % smaller than any other equivalent system, meaning it can fit seamlessly into any laboratory environment.
iso CHROM® LC interface
Available exclusively for use with BiovisION Honey, iso CHROM® LC presents a new technique for the detection of C3 honey adulteration. Unlike existing technologies that use wet-chemical oxidation, iso CHROM® LC harnesses our depth of experience in high-temperature oxidation chemistry to create a high-performance liquid chromatography interface.
This new technique is more robust, easier to use and offers higher analytical precision without any compromise in chromatography, precision, or accuracy. Whereas wet-chemical oxidation at 90 °C requires significant downtime, the 925 °C high-temperature method involves substantially less maintenance and is easier to use, making it more suitable for contract analysis laboratories.
Additionally, the exceptional detection levels means iso CHROM® LC is able to produce low and noise-free baselines, due to the unique delivery of LC mobile phase into the furnace system, while the high-temperature combustion chemistry allows for isotopic fractionation-free conversion to CO2.
Agilent 1260 Infinity II liquid chromatography system
The 1260 Infinity II LC system from Agilent Technologies is a highly reliable instrument that combines the latest column technologies and advanced supplies to guarantee robust separation and detection performance.
The LC system is specifically configured for the separation of honey carbohydrates. A pure water mobile phase is pumped by a pulse-free isocratic pump through a Phenomenex Rezex RSM-Monosaccharides Ca2+ separation column. With an autosampler capacity for up to 132 x 2 ml sample vials, your laboratory will be able to perform large unattended runs generating significantly improved return on investment.
lyticOS® BiovisION Honey operating license for acquisition and data processing
lyticOS® Software Suite is designed to facilitate automatic data processing and straightforward and easy-to-use control of the entire system.
Designed completely from the ground up for an exceptional user experience, lyticOS® is the most sophisticated yet simple software suite ever created for this purpose. Its clean user interface belies the level of sophistication within, giving users unrivalled capabilities to generate exceptional data with ease, thanks to its automatic peak mapping and isotope difference calculations.
lyticOS® controls the entire BiovisION Honey system, including the Agilent 1260 Infinity II LC system, giving the operator completely integrated, intelligent control of every aspect of the analysis. With the real-time maintenance counters and detailed diagnostic tools like automated leak checking, contact user time with the instrument is significantly reduced giving more time for sample analysis.
