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Title: High pressure liquid chromatographic gradient mixer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5420588

A gradient mixer which effects the continuous mixing of any two miscible solvents without excessive decay or dispersion of the resultant isocratic effluent or of a linear or exponential gradient. The two solvents are fed under low or high pressure by means of two high performance liquid chromatographic pumps. The mixer comprises a series of ultra-low dead volume stainless steel tubes and low dead volume chambers. The two solvent streams impinge head-on at high fluxes. This initial nonhomogeneous mixture is then passed through a chamber packed with spirally-wound wires which cause turbulent mixing thereby homogenizing the mixture with minimum ''band-broadening''.

Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4506987
Application Number:
TRN: 85-019281
OSTI ID:
5420588
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 8 Sep 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-415946
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English