FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MULTICURRENCY)


	THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MULTICURRENCY) (the 
"Amendment"), dated as of December 15, 1997, is entered into by and between 
DIONEX CORPORATION (the "Borrower") and BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND 
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (the "Bank"). 

	RECITALS

	A.  The Borrower and the Bank are parties to a Credit Agreement 
(Multicurrency), dated as of February 29, 1996 (the "Credit Agreement"), 
pursuant to which the Bank has extended certain credit facilities to the 
Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries.  

	B.  The Borrower has requested that the Bank agree to certain amendments of 
the Credit Agreement.

	C.  The Bank is willing to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms 
and conditions of this Amendment.

	NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which 
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

	1.  Defined Terms.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used 
herein shall have the meanings, if any, assigned to them in the Credit 
Agreement.

	2.  Amendments to Credit Agreement.  

		(a)	Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended at the defined 
term "Availability Period" by amending and restating such defined term as 
follows:

		"'Availability Period':  the period commencing on the date of this Agreement 	
		and ending on the date that is the earlier to occur of (a) January 30, 1998,
  and(b) the date on which the Bank's commitment to extend credit hereunder 		
		terminates."

		(b)	Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended at the defined 
term "Final Maturity Date" by amending and restating such defined term as 
follows:

		"'Final Maturity Date':  (a) in respect of any Advances, January 30, 1998; 
  (b) in respect of any commercial letters of credit, June 30, 1998; and (c) 
  in respect	of any standby letters of credit, December 31, 1998."

	3.  Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower hereby represents and 
warrants to the Bank as follows:

		(a)  No Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice or 
  passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default has occurred and is
  continuing. 

		(b)  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this 
Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other
action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or 
approval of, notice to or action by, any person (including any governmental
authority) in order to be effective and enforceable.  The Credit Agreement 
as amended by this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding 
obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with its 
respective terms, without defense, counterclaim or offset.  

		(c)  All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the 
Credit Agreement are true and correct.

		(d)  The Borrower is entering into this Amendment on the basis of its own 
investigation and for its own reasons, without reliance upon the Bank or any 
other person.

	4.	Effective Date.  This First Amendment will become effective as of the 
date first above written (the "Effective Date"), provided that the Bank has 
received from the Borrower a duly executed original (or, if elected by the 
Bank, an executed facsimile copy) of this Amendment.

	5.	Reservation of Rights.  The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the 
execution and delivery by the Bank of this Amendment shall not be deemed to
create a course of dealing or otherwise obligate the Bank to forbear or 
execute similar amendments under the same or similar circumstances in the 
future.

	6.	Reaffirmation of Guaranty.  The Borrower, to the extent it has issued any
one or more guaranties of the obligations of any Subsidiaries pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, and in its capacity as guarantor thereunder, reaffirms and
agrees that its obligations under such guaranties are in full force and 
effect, without defense, offset or counterclaim. 

	7.	Miscellaneous.

		(a)  Except as herein expressly amended, all terms, covenants and provisions
of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect and all 
references therein to such Credit Agreement shall henceforth refer to the 
Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  This Amendment shall be 
deemed incorporated into, and a part of, the Credit Agreement.

		(b)  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the 
parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns.  No 
third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Amendment.

		(c)  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the 
law of the State of California.  

		(d)  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of 
which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall 
constitute but one and the same instrument.  Each of the parties hereto 
understands and agrees that this document (and any other document required 
herein) may be delivered by any party thereto either in the form of an 
executed original or an executed original sent by facsimile transmission to be
followed promptly by mailing of a hard copy original, and that receipt by the 
Bank of a facsimile transmitted document purportedly bearing the signature 
of the Borrower shall bind the Borrower with the same force and effect as 
the delivery of a hard copy original.  Any failure by the Bank to receive 
the hard copy executed original of such document shall not diminish the 
binding effect of receipt of the facsimile transmitted executed original of
such document which hard copy page was not received by the Bank.

		(e)  This Amendment, together with the Credit Agreement, contains the entire 
and exclusive agreement of the parties hereto with reference to the matters 
discussed herein and therein.  This Amendment supersedes all prior drafts and
communications with respect thereto.  This Amendment may not be amended 
except in writing executed by the Borrower and the Bank.

		(f)  If any term or provision of this Amendment shall be deemed prohibited by 
or invalid under any applicable law, such provision shall be invalidated without
affecting the remaining provisions of this Amendment or the Credit Agreement, 
respectively.

		(g)  Borrower covenants to pay to or reimburse the Bank, upon demand, for all 
costs and expenses (including allocated costs of in-house counsel) incurred in 
connection with the development, preparation, negotiation, execution and 
delivery of this Amendment.


		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this 
Amendment as of the date first above written.



	DIONEX CORPORATION


	By: 	\s\Michael Pope
	Typed Name: 	Michael Pope
	Title: 	Vice President



	BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL 
	TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION


	By: 	\s\ Debra G. Staiger
	Typed Name:  Debra G.Staiger
	Title: Vice President
 

 
 


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