C
Materials of Construction and
Compatible Solvents
To confirm the integrity of the source exhaust system, you must address any safety issues raised
in this Appendix.
C.1 Preventing contamination
For information on preventing contamination, refer to
Controlling Contamination in
UltraPerformance LC/MS and HPLC/MS Systems
(part number 715001307). You can find this
document on
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C.2 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 typically used with
these items. See
Solvents used to prepare mobile phases
for details about the most common
ingredients used to prepare mobile phases.
Table C–1: Items exposed to solvent:
Item
Material
Autotune reservoirs
High-density polyethylene
Corona discharge pin mounting contact PEEK
Gas exhaust port
Stainless steel
Ion block assembly
Stainless steel and PEEK
Ion block screws
Gold-plated stainless steel
Ion block support
PEEK
Isolation valve
Stainless steel and PEEK
O-rings
Viton or PTFE-encapsulated Viton
Probe adjuster bellows
Viton
Probe shaft
PEEK
Pumping block
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