注射用水(WFI)和药品纯净水(PW)的总有机碳(TOC)分析要求在美国药典(USP)和欧洲药典(EP)都有专题论文提供。这些方法背后的原理是通过比较标准溶液(rs)和系统适用性解决方案(rss)的回收率来验证仪器的氧化效率。用于配置这些溶液的水-试剂水(rw)的响应,要从这些溶液的响应中减去,得到一个正确的响应。试剂水的最大碳浓度被限制在百万分之100 (ppb C),根据修正后的响应结果,计算分析的响应效率(E)。根据药典,E的值需要在85% - 115%之间,该仪器才能适用于PW和WFI样品的TOC分析(见公式1-3)。本文概述了现代TOC分析仪的特点,它通过无人值守的自动化性能提高了实验室系统适用性性能的寿命。

R1 = rs–rw
R1 = corrected standard solution response (修正后标准溶液的响应)
rs = standard solution response (标准溶液的响应)
rw = reagent water response (试剂水的响应)
Equation 1. Corrected Standard Solution Response is theLimit Response(修正后的标准溶液响应是极限响应)
R2 = rss – rw
R2 = corrected system suitability solution response (系统适用性修正后溶液的响应)
rss = system suitability solution response (系统适用性中溶液的响应)
rw = reagent water response (试剂水的响应)
Equation 2. Corrected System Suitability SolutionResponse (系统适用性修正后溶液的响应)
E = (R2 / R1) * 100
E = % response efficiency (百分比响应效率)
R2 = corrected system suitability solution response (系统适用性修正后溶液的响应)
R1 = corrected standard solution response (修正后标准溶液的响应)
Equation 3. Response Efficiency (响应效率)
自动化仪器具有校准功能
Figure 1: Fusion在自动进样器中心位置使用四个波士顿圆瓶(125mL)进行校准、校准验证和系统适用性分析
改进系统适用性测试和TOC的分析
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