CORTECS Columns

CORTECS Columns

Solid-core columns that live up to their potential.

Solid-core columns that live up to their potential.

Your lab needs to develop methods for challenging separations even faster. Increase resolution for even your toughest samples with the enhanced column efficiency of CORTECS solid-core columns, which provide the flexibility and power you need to rapidly separate a wide array of compounds. 

CORTECS Columns are available in reversed-phase and HILIC options across seven column chemistries with different particle characteristics and innovative charged surface modifications for 20% faster separations* and 25% more resolution at low operating back pressures.

*As compared to fully porous particle columns. 

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Introducing 5 µm CORTECS Premier Columns

Introducing 5 µm CORTECS Premier Columns

If you love solid-core particles and want to eliminate doubt from your chromatography, CORTECS Premier Columns combine your favorite particle with MaxPeak High Performance Surfaces.

With expanded particle size options, you can now experience the seamless scalability, speed, sensitivity, resolution, and confidence of CORTECS Premier Columns — no matter what HPLC system you use.

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XBridge XSelect Premier Column

CORTECS Premier Columns are available in three particle sizes with three reversed-phase chemistries for UPLC, UHPLC, and HPLC analysis.

CORTECS Premier Columns are available in three particle sizes with three reversed-phase chemistries for UPLC, UHPLC, and HPLC analysis.

Specifications

Overview

  • Maximize efficiency with high-performance columns created using state-of-the-art column packing techniques, bonding and end-capping processes. 

  • Achieve greater throughput and speed than fully porous particle columns. 

  • Get simple and seamless transfer with consistent results across different particle sizes and column configurations. 

  • Flexibly develop methods for challenging separations faster with reversed-phase and HILIC options across seven column chemistries. 

  • Prolong column lifetimes with optional VanGuard Cartridges and pre-columns specifically designed using CORTECS stationary phases. 

Recommended Use: To maximize resolution and speed for all LC separations.

CORTECS Column Characteristics

CORTECS Column Characteristics
CORTECS C18+ Columns
  • General purpose
  • High efficiency
  • Reversed-phase column

A positively charged surface delivers excellent peak shape for basic compounds at low pH.

CORTECS C18 Columns
  • General purpose
  • High efficiency
  • Reversed-phase column

Balanced retention of acids, bases, and neutrals at low and mid-range pH.

CORTECS C8 Columns
  • General purpose
  • High efficiency
  • Reversed-phase column

Similar selectivity but shorter retentivity when compared to C18 columns.

CORTECS T3 Columns
  • General purpose
  • High efficiency
  • Reversed-phase column

Enables to use of 100% aqueous mobile phase and increased retention of polar compounds.

CORTECS Phenyl Columns
  • High efficiency
  • Method development column

Provides alternate selectivity, particularly for polyaromatic compounds.

CORTECS Shield RP18 Columns
  • High efficiency
  • Method development column

Provides alternate selectivity, particularly for phenolic compounds.

CORTECS HILIC Columns
  • General purpose
  • High efficiency
  • HILIC Column

Offers orthogonal selectivity when compared to reversed-phase columns.

Reliable columns. Consistent performance.

Get consistent batch-to-batch performance year after year with reliable CORTECS Columns.

Method transfer just got easier.

Get the versatility you need for seamless method transfer, with consistent results and fully scalable particle sizes for HPLC, UHPLC, and UPLC platforms.

Increased resolution and increased throughput.

Maximize column efficiency and throughput with increased resolution for the toughest samples on any LC system.

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CORTECS Columns

The CORTECS Columns family redefines efficiency in liquid chromatography with its solid-core technology, designed to meet the demands of challenging separations with unparalleled speed and resolution. Available in both reversed-phase and HILIC formats, CORTECS columns offer seven distinct column chemistries, each featuring innovative charged surface modifications. This design enables 20% faster separations and 25% greater resolution at significantly lower operating back pressures compared to traditional fully porous particle columns.

Crafted using advanced column packing techniques and bonding and end-capping processes, CORTECS Columns ensure maximum performance and durability. They outpace fully porous particle columns in throughput and speed, making them an ideal choice for labs looking to enhance their LC separations efficiency.

With the CORTECS range, method development becomes more flexible and streamlined, allowing for rapid separation of a wide array of compounds across different particle sizes and column configurations. This versatility is further enhanced by the optional VanGuard Cartridges and pre-columns, which are specially designed to prolong column lifetimes and maintain consistent performance.

CORTECS Columns are recommended for any LC separation task, promising not only to maximize resolution and speed but also to deliver consistent batch-to-batch performance year after year. They simplify method transfer across HPLC, UHPLC, and UPLC platforms, offering seamless scalability and reliability. For laboratories looking to push the boundaries of what's possible in liquid chromatography, CORTECS Columns provide a solid foundation for achieving greater efficiency, throughput, and resolution in all LC analyses.