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C
Materials of Construction and
Compliant Solvents
Warning:
To avoid injury caused by personal exposure to biohazards or toxic materials, you must
confirm the integrity of the source exhaust system, and address any safety issues raised by the
contents of this Appendix.
For information on preventing contamination, refer to Controlling Contamination in LC/MS
Systems (part number 715001307). Visit http://www.waters.com.
C.1
Items exposed to solvent
The items that appear in the following table can be exposed to solvent. You must evaluate the
safety issues if the solvents used in your application differ from the solvents normally used with
these items. See
phases.
Table C–1:
Item
Autotune reservoirs
Corona discharge pin mounting contact
Gas exhaust port
Gas tubes
Ion block
Ion block support
Isolation valve
O-rings
Probe adjuster bellows
Probe adjuster assembly
Probe shaft
Push-in gas fittings
Solvent waste/leak management
Source enclosure
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for details about the most common ingredients used to prepare mobile
Items exposed to solvent
September 7, 2016, 715003560IVD Rev. C
Material
High-density polyethylene
PEEK™
Aluminum
Fluorinated ethylene propylene
Stainless steel
PEEK
Gold-plated aluminum/bronze
®
Viton
or PTFE-encapsulated Viton
PTFE/Viton
Anodized aluminum, glass-filled acetal, and
stainless steel
PEEK
Nickel/brass
Tygon tubing
Alochromed aluminum
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