Patent ID: 7045288

Claim:
An automated apparatus for performing reaction kinetics studies, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of reaction blocks including at least one hot reaction block that heats one or more reaction vessels and at least one cold reaction block that cools the one or more reaction vessels after heating thereof; a robotic device that transfers one reaction vessel from one hot reaction block to one cold reaction block; and a controller having a user interface for inputting a predetermined temperature profile and a predetermined sampling interval, the controller being in communication with the plurality of reaction blocks and the robotic device so as to instruct the robotic device to transfer one reaction vessel from one hot reaction block to one cold reaction block at a predefined transfer time within the predetermined sampling interval, the predetermined temperature profile representing the temperature of at least one of the hot reaction blocks over a time period of the study; wherein the controller is configured so that both isothermal and nonisothermal temperature reactions are performed in the same apparatus.