Aurora Series column features
Aurora Series columns are available in four specific compatibility marks, allowing for compatibility with Thermo Scientific, Bruker, and Sciex instruments:
Instrument Compatibility
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Aurora Columns
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Aurora XT Columns
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Aurora CSI Columns
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Compatible for use with Bruker’s CaptiveSpray, CaptiveSpray 2, CaptiveSpray Ultra, and CaptiveSpray Ultra 2 ion sources.
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Aurora XS Columns
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Compatible with SCIEX OptiFlow Turbo V ion source, using the nanoflow probe.
Key Technological Innovations
Aurora Series columns are differentiated by two key technological advances:
A unique packed emitter design that enables maximum mobile phase velocity with no post-column dead volume.
Our own nanoZero® technology that provides user friendly ‘plug and play’ connections with true zero pre-column dead volume
Together, these features combine to maximise chromatographic efficiency and dramatically enhance performance, providing a best in class solution for peptide and metabolite LC-MS separations.
Integrated emitter with zero post-column dead volume.
Pre-fitted with nanoZero® to provide a zero-dead-volume female union between a nanoViper™ Fingertight fitting (or equivalent) and the Aurora Series column.
nanoZero® fitting incorporates a 10-32 internal thread for easy installation.
Designed to withstand ultra-high-performance LC (UHPLC) backpressures of >1700 bar.
nanoZero® is electrically conductive to allow a voltage connection to the column.

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