Patent ID: 6584832
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B01D,B01J,C40B,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for characterizing polymer samples using flow characterization systems such as a liquid chromatography system or a flow-injection analysis system, the method comprising:heating a substrate containing a spatially separated library of non-biological polymer samples to maintain the polymer samples at a temperature of not less than about 75Â° C.; sampling the polymer samples into a flow characterization system selected from the group consisting of a liquid chromatography system and a flow-injection analysis system; separating the samples in the flow characterization system into two or more components; maintaining the samples at a temperature of not less than about 75Â° C. during the sampling and separation steps, and detecting a property of the samples or of a component thereof using the flow characterization system.