Sales and Specials
Receive up to 15% off Restek Air Monitoring Canisters and Accessories
Restek has a wide range of air montioring products, from air canisters for VOC monitoring to valves and gauges and canister accessories.
Until September 30th 2012. Save 10% on quantities of 5-9 products and save 15% on quantities of 10+ products from the air monitoring range of products and accessories.....click here to see the products available.
This special offer applies only to canisters and accessory products on pages 408-421 of the 2011/2012 Restek catalogue (see link above)
Valid for purchases of the specified quantities of the same product on one (1) order. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.
Receive a FREE Tuning Column and a FREE Press-Tight Connector with the purchase of a Restek Rtx-DHA® Analytical Column
Receive a FREE Tuning Column and a FREE Press-Tight Connector with the purchase of an Rtx-DHA Column
Quote Promotional Part Number: 10148-409I when you place your order, to take advantage of this offer
Offer Includes:
- Rtx-DHA Column - 100m, 0.25mm ID, 0.50um
- Rtx-5 DHA Tuning Column - 5m, 0.25mm ID, 1.0um
- Deactivated Universal Press-Tight Connector
Special offer valid until 30th April 2012.
Can not becombined with any other offers or discounts
Try a FREE Solvent Safety Cap....then convert your lab with Agilent's buy 3 get 1 free offer!
You are invited to trial a free Agilent solvent safety cap (Agilent part number 5043-0223).
If you really like the product, then take advantage of this special offer from Agilent. When you buy 3 solvent safety caps, receive 1 free!
Quote promotional code: 8777 when placing your order. Offer in place until 30th June 2012
Can not be combined with any other offers or discount pricing
20-30% Discount on Agilent Fast LC & HPLC Columns
Get your new year rolling in style with savings from Agilent.
From January 1st until June 30th, 2012, you can save 20% when you buy any two Zorbax Eclipse Plus, Zorbax RRHD or Poroshell 120 columns. And when you buy three columns, you can save 30%!
Quote promotion code: 8759 when placing your order to take advantage of this offer.
Can not be combined with any other offers or discount pricing
Agilent seminars - learn more and save money
Agilent regularly offers courses with subjects that are highly pertinent to your work. Courses take the form of traditional seminars and lectures, to their growing e-seminar formats, allowing people to take part in Agilent seminars, wherever they are. Click here for more details about Agilent e-seminars. From discussing new techniques and advancements in the field of chromatography, to their 'Tips and Tricks' tour which offers a more light-hearted look at short-cuts, hints, tips and general information for making your run times faster, your peaks sharper and your lab life easier.
For every seminar attended, you are automatically eligible to receive a saving of 25% off your next order of Agilent LC or GC columns. When you have attended an Agilent seminar, you will receive a discount coupon, indicating specific details for the offer (expiry date, eligible products). Quote the coupon code when placing your next order with CSI and the discount will be applied (before tax and shipping).
Watch the CSI website for news of up-coming Agilent seminars and if you do have a discount coupon, then check the date, they have a limited timespan in which they can be used.
Discount coupon can not be combined with any other offers or discounts
New Products
NEW YMC Triart C8 HPLC columns
- Outstanding chemical and physical durability over a wide pH range at a high temperature
- Symmetrical peak shapes and reproducible retention for all types of compounds under a variable of mobile phase conditions
- Easy method transfer between conventional HPLC and UPLHC due to the same selectivity among 1.9um, 3um and 5um….click here to read more.
CHROMSPEC™ Mass Spec Vials
- All glass, center draining vial
- Available in: - Screw top - Snap/Crimp top
- Volume: 1.2 mL capacity
- Precision, limited volume extractions with less than 2 µL dead volume
- Borosilicate Type I Class A glass
- Ultra clean vial and septa to eliminate MS noise
The Vial has a precision-formed conical center well in a glass vial, which allows maximum recovery of a sample. Click here to find out more.
CHROMSPEC™ Gas Sampling Bags
- CHROMSPEC™ ALTEF Gas Sampling Bags – ALTEF is a proprietary fluoropolymer film that meets or exceeds many of the desired characteristics of Tedlar at a significantly lower cost!
- CHROMSPEC™ Multi Layer Foil Bags - Multi-Layer Foil bags provide light and moisture protection for low molecular weight compounds such as hydrogen that are unstable when collected into standard Tedlar bags. For use with a low flow air sample pump with exhaust port. Click here to read more.
FreeStyle GPC Instrument from Pickering Laboratories
- Fully Automated System
- Sample Clean-Up with Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
- Extendable to System for Solid Phase Extraction (SPE)
- Optional, automated evaporation for GPC and SPE for total automation
The FREESTYLE™ GPC automatically cleans up raw extracts and removes disturbing matrix components like lipids, pigments, sugars or humic acids. The system is universally used - for the analysis of food and feed as well as for soil samples. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is defined as the clean-up step in many official methods. This robust procedure is still the best solution for fatty food, spices, teas and sediments….click here to find out more.
Horizon DryDisk® Technology Demo - Learn How To Do Away With Sodium Sulfate
DryDisk ® Separation Membranes eliminate the problems inherent with chemical drying such as: retention of water-soluble compounds, over-saturation, clogging, oven drying, messy waste removal, inability to handle emulsions. With Horizon's DryDisk you can ELIMINATE the use of sodium sulfate! Watch Now
Captiva Non Drip Filter Plates from Agilent

Captiva ND is a Non-Drip, fully automatable filter plate for protein precipitation. Used widely in pharmaceutical bioanalysis of small molecules, protein precipitation is a quick, low cost way to prepare plasma samples for LC/MS. This technique is growing in popularity as pharmaceutical companies seek ways to reduce the cost of bioanalysis, yet maintain sample throughput....click here to read more.
UCT Clean Screen FASt Filter and Shoot SPE columns
Clean Screen FASt™ employs a process that uses positive pressure and a solid phase sorbent bed built with small pore frits to quickly and efficienctly prepare samples for LC/MS analysis. This method eliminates the timely centrifugation, reduces matrix suppression effects and removes particulates greater that ~ 1um. Samples can be diluted at a ratio as low as 1:1, which is useful for analytes at very low concentrations......click here to read more.
NEW GPC/SEC products new available from Agilent Technologies
Agilent now offers a comprehensive portfolio of GPC/SEC columns and calibrants for high performance separations based on molecular size in solution. Agilent delivers leading solutions for characterizing and separating polymers by GPC/SEC, and manufactures all components for accurate polymer analysis....click here to read more.
Special Offer - Calibrate your GPC and save money with Agilent. $395 off GPC columns and standards.
New Suppliers
NAMSA
NAMSA offers a wide range of sterilization monitoring and quality control products.
Biological Indicators
A convenient and easy-to-use system for the reliable evaluation of sterilization processes including steam, ethylene oxide, radiation, hydrogen peroxide, and dry heat. They are available in a full range of formats including spore strips, discs, threads, suspensions and ampoules as well as self contained biological indicators (SCBIs)
Chemical Indicators
Colour change indicators that allow end users to note when a product has been exposed to a sterilization process
Quality Control Organisms / Growth Promotion
Ready-to-use microbial suspensions for media performance, microbial assays, enumerations and susceptibility testing where <100 Colony Forming Units per aliquot are required.
Spore Suspensions
Ready-to-use pure microbial suspensions of viable spores with known resistance characteristics and population levels that can be used for direct inoculation of products when a traditional biological indicator cannot be used.
All NAMSA products require only minimal training to use, are manufactured in ISO 13485 certified facilities and meet federal regulatory and industry standards.
Click here to view the NAMSA catalogue.
NAMSA products are available to us through our sister company, MJSBioLynx Inc. Call them at 1-888-593-5969 or email tech@biolynx.ca for more information.
New Literature
Restek USLC - Choose Columns Fast. Develop Methods Faster
Through extensive study of reversed phase chromatography, Restek have created the widest range of selectivity in the industry using just 4 unique stationary phases: the USLC™ column set....click here to read more. Literature Code: RK135
UCT 2012 Solid Phase Extraction Products Catalogue
The new UCT Solid Phase Extraction Products Catalogue is now available. Products include:
- CLEAN SCREEN® Sample Prep Products
- XtrackT® HIGH-FLOW Bonded Phases
- CLEAN-UP® Solid Phase Extraction Phases
- STYRE SCREEN® Polymeric Resin Extraction Columns....plus much more
To order a copy of the publication, contact our Customer Service team and request Literature Code: UCT27 or click here to download a copy.
UCT Solid Phase Extraction Catalogue 2012
The new 2012 UCT SPE catalogue is now available to download or order copies from Chromatographic Specialties Inc. Products include:
- ENVIRO-CLEAN® Products
- QuEChERS products - SPE Cartridges, ChloroFiltr® products, Dispersive SPE extraction and clean up products.
To order a copy of the publication call (1-800-267-8103) or email our Customer Service team and request Literature Code: UCT01 or click here to download the pdf.
YMC Pro series - High Performance Reversed Phase Columns
- 5 reversed phase chemistries: C18 (3 types), C8 and C4
- Excellent separation of basic compounds
- Useful for LC/MS
- Excellent durability and reproducibility
- Suitable for use in production, research and development and quality control
To download a copy, click here.
To order a copy of the publication, contact our Customer Service team at 1-800-267-8103 or email sales@chromspec.com and request Literature Code: YM01
YMC Solutions for Bioseparations
YMC offers dozens of different separation chemistries in many different configurations for the separation of biomolecules.
The YMC-BioPro family of Ion Exchange (IEX) columns and materials included SP (strong cation exchange) and QA (strong anion exchange) chemistries on a novel, newly developed hydrophilic ploymer with low non-specific adsorption.
To download a copy of the publication, click here.
To order a copy of this publication, contact our Customer Service team and request Literature Code: YM11
Restek essentials
These mini publications from Restek, highlight a variety of their products. The publication is released every couple of months with new products and established favourites.
- Restek essentials 2011 v.6 new edition
- Restek essentials 2011 v.5
- Restek essentials 2011 v.4
- Restek essentials 2011 v.3
- Restek essentials 2011 v.2
- Restek essentials 2011 v.1
To order a hard copy of the publication, contact the Chromatographic Specialties Inc. Customer Service team at 1-800-267-8103 or email sales@chromspec.com
CSI Catalogue Supplement 2011/2012
The NEW Supplement to our Catalogue is now available. Inside we have included information on new products and suppliers:
- Agilent Ultra Inert Columns
- Restek SKY™ Inlet Liners
- YMC HPLC Columns
- Optimize EXP™ - UHPLC Fittings
- Knauer Ultra Fast PLATINblue UHPLC
- Torion Portable GC-TMS System
- RTC Reference Standards
- Munktell Filter Papers
- Thomson Filter Vials
To request a copy of the new supplement, email your details to sales@chromspec.com To download a copy of the Supplement, click here.
UCT Clean Screen FASt Filter and Shoot SPE columns
Clean Screen FASt™ employs a process that uses positive pressure and a solid phase sorbent bed built with small pore frits to quickly and efficienctly prepare samples for LC/MS analysis. This method eliminates the timely centrifugation, reduces matrix suppression effects and removes particulates greater that ~ 1um. Samples can be diluted at a ratio as low as 1:1, which is useful for analytes at very low concentrations......click here to read more.
Literature Code: UCT26
Agilent Ultra Inert Solutions
Flow path inertness is vital for analysis. Agilent's Ultra Inert liners and columns work together to create the most inert flow path - giving you the utmost confidence in your results....click here to read more.
Literature Code: AG69
An Introduction to Gel Permeation Chromatography and Size Exclusion Chromatography from Agilent
This new guide from Agilent provides background to the most common techniques and applications of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) also known as size exclusion chromatography (SEC). Click here to read more.
Literature Code: AG63
Agilent J&W GC Column Portfolio for Environmental Applications
From testing semi-volatile contaminants in drinking water to quantifying waterborne pollutants.
- Agilent J&W Ultra Inert GC columns will perform consistent trace-level analysis of pesticides, phenols, and other active compounds
- Agilent J&W High Efficiency Capillary GC columns will decrease your run times by 50% or more, without compromising resolution
Click here to read more.
Upcoming Events
Tradeshows
| Event | Time & Place |
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UBS Sci Trek Supply Management Tradeshow |
March 8th, 2012 8am - 3pm |
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SASE 2012 (Southern Alberta Scientific Equipment Trade Show Univeristy of Calgary |
March 28th, 2012 |
New Webinars from Agilent
Agilent Technologies offer free e-seminars, which feature a user-friendly internet conferencing system that allows you to take part in real-time, interactive courses with subjects that are highly pertinent to your work. You can take part in Agilent e-Seminars wherever you are...at the office, at home or on the road. All you need is a telephone*, internet access and an internet browser.
Of course, if you have a question and it can't wait till a seminar to be answered, the CSI Technical Support team are available to assist you. Contact them at 1-800-267-8103 or email tech@chromspec.com
*Long distance charges may apply. Separate phone and internet lines are required to access the audio and web portions of an e-seminar simultaneously
Upcoming Technical Seminars and Tradeshows
We regularly invite technical personnel from our suppliers to accompany our Sales Representatives on customer visits. Typically these sessions include up to half a day of technical presentations on topics ranging from column selection, troubleshooting, and instrument care and maintenance techniques, then transition to specific discussions about improving your separations. Your CSI Sales Representative would be pleased to discuss these opportunities with you.
Agilent seminars - learn more and save money
Agilent regularly offers courses with subjects that are highly pertinent to your work. Courses take the form of traditional seminars and lectures, to their growing e-seminar formats, allowing people to take part in Agilent seminars, wherever they are. Click here for more details about Agilent e-seminars. From discussing new techniques and advancements in the field of chromatography, to their 'Tips and Tricks' tour which offers a more light-hearted look at short-cuts, hints, tips and general information for making your run times faster, your peaks sharper and your lab life easier.
For every seminar attended, you are automatically eligible to receive a saving of 25% off your next order of Agilent LC or GC columns. When you have attended an Agilent seminar, you will receive a discount coupon, indicating specific details for the offer (expiry date, eligible products). Quote the coupon code when placing your next order with CSI and the discount will be applied (before tax and shipping).
Watch the CSI website for news of up-coming Agilent seminars and if you do have a discount coupon, then check the date, they have a limited timespan in which they can be used.