Thermo Fisher Scientific Packing and Testing Conditions Instruction Sheet

Brand: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Model: Packing and Testing Conditions

Type: Instruction Sheet

Instruction Sheet

Read Me Second!

Before you read this document, please read the document entitled

POROS Self Pack® Packing Device for High Performance Perfusion

Chromatography Columns (shipped with the packing device). Then

read these instructions, which are a supplement to the instructions

provided with the packing device.

For the media you have purchased, this instruction sheet tells you:

•The specific slurry conditions and packing conditions to use on

Perfusion Chromatography® systems (BioCAD® Workstation

or BioCAD SPRINT™ System) or FPLC® systems.

•The specific slurry conditions and all packing conditions,

except flow rate, to use on other HPLC systems. (The POROS

Self Pack Packing Device instruction sheet explains how to

determine the packing flow rate.)

•The expected performance of a properly packed column.

1 Preparing the Slurry

This section tells you what solvents to use and how to slurry the media.

1.1 Solvents

Warning: Always wear eye protection when working with solvents.

Use these solvents:

•Slurry solvent (to slurry the media): 0.5 M NaCl

•Packing solvent: 0.1 M NaCl

1.2 Slurrying the Media

The bottle of dry POROS media contains enough media to give the

correct slurry density to pack the number of columns shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Number of Columns/Solvent

Requirements

To guarantee proper results, slurry the entire bottle even if you will not

use all the slurry at once. Do not divide the powder into portions.

To slurry the media:

1. Pour the required volume (see Table 1) of slurry solvent into the

media bottle.

2. Swirl the bottle gently until the material is well suspended.

When you tilt the bottle, no powder should remain on the bottom.

The slurry should have a milky appearance and consistency.

3. Store unused media slurry in the refrigerator.

Note: Add to the media bottle 20 µl of a 1.0% sodium azide stock

solution (a preservative) per 1 ml of unused slurry (final azide

concentration is 0.02%).

CHEMICAL HAZARD. 1% Sodium azide in water is a

poison. It may be fatal if inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the

skin. Exposure may cause nerve and heart damage. Contact with

acids liberates toxic gases. DO NOT ADD acids to any liquid wastes

containing sodium azide. Sodium azide may react with lead and

copper plumbing to form highly explosive metal azides. Read the

MSDS, and follow the handling instructions. Wear appropriate

protective eyewear, clothing, and gloves.

Media

Quantity

Number of Columns Required

Volume (ml)

4.6 mmD/

50 mmL 4.6 mmD/

100 mmL Slurry

Solvent

(0.8 g) 2 1 12

(2.7 g) 6 3 36

DANGER

Packing and Testing Conditions for

Self Pack® POROS® 20 S Media

2 Packing Conditions

If you are packing a column using a Perfusion Chromatography system

or a conventional HPLC system, install a backpressure regulator on

your column. See the section on using the backpressure regulator in

the POROS Self Pack Packing Device instruction sheet for

information.

See Table 2 for packing conditions for your system.

Note: Set system pressure before you pack your column. See the

section on preparing your LC system in the POROS Self Pack Packing

Device instruction sheet for information.

*After you add this media slurry to the device, top the device off with slurry solvent as described in the section on

filling the packing device, in the POROS Self Pack Packing Device instruction sheet.

**To keep within the pressure specifications of FPLC pumps, program your FPLC system to deliver the flow rate

with pump A and B (set “Conc % B” to 50 and prime both pumps with packing solvent).

***See the section on packing a column using other systems in the POROS Self Pack Packing Device instruction

sheet to determine the packing flow rate.

Note: You may need to reduce the flow rate because of variations in frit

permeability or system backpressure. See the section on packing a

column using other systems in the POROS Self Pack Packing Device

instruction sheet for more information.

3 Packed Column Performance

This section describes:

•The maximum recommended flow rate for your packed column

•How to do a permeability test on your packed column

•The conditions necessary to run a protein separation test on

your packed column

You can verify your success each time you pack a fresh column and

monitor column performance over time. See the section on testing the

column in the POROS Self Pack Packing Device instruction sheet for

information about periodic testing.

3.1 Recommended Maximum Flow Rate

The maximum recommended flow rate for the column during normal

operation is 85% of the packing flow rate. This flow rate keeps the

pressure within the operating limit you recorded in the section on

packing the column, in the POROS Self Pack Packing Device

instruction sheet.

When you work with viscous solvents, lower the operating flow rate to

account for the greater pressures generated by the greater viscosity.

3.2 Permeability

Column pressure/flow characteristics are called column permeability.

Test column permeability at the recommended maximum flow rate to

establish a baseline.

To test column permeability:

1. Run the packing solvent through the column at the recommended

maximum flow rate.

2. Record the generated pressure (permeability baseline).

Whenever you re-test column permeability, do so under solvent and

flow rate conditions identical to those of this initial test.

3.3 Protein Separation

Before you run the protein separation test, equilibrate the column with

10 to 15 column volumes of Eluent A (see Table 3). (Bed volume of a

4.6 mmD/50 mmL column is 0.8 ml; bed volume of a 4.6 mmD/

100 mmL column is 1.66 ml.) Then run the protein test standard under

the conditions shown in Table 3.

To prepare the protein test standard:

1. Dissolve the test standard in 1 ml of Eluent A (concentration—

4 mg/ml bovine pancreas ribonuclease A, 1 mg/ml chicken egg

lysozyme).

2. Filter the test standard using a 0.22 µ filter.

3. Store unused reconstituted test mix frozen.

3.4 Results

Compare your chromatogram with Figure 1 (generated on a

4.6mmD/100 mmL column packed with a Perfusion Chromatography

system). To verify that your column is operating properly, confirm that

the two proteins on your chromatogram are separated and the peaks

are symmetrical. The areas of the two peaks may change according to

the purity of the proteins in the standard, but variation in area is not

important in measuring the resolving power of the column. Retention

times and bandspreading on your separation may be different but the

general profile should be similar.

Table 2 Packing Conditions

Volume

of media

slurry to

add to

device

(ml)*

Recom-

mended

initial

packing

flow rate

(ml/min)

Volume of

packing

solvent to pass

through

column during

packing

(ml)

Perfusion Chromatography systems

4.6 mmD/50 mmL 6 20 35

4.6 mmD/100 mmL 12 20 35

FPLC systems**

4.6 mmD/50 mmL 6 10 35

4.6 mmD/100 mmL 12 9 35

Other systems

4.6 mmD/50 mmL 6 *** 35

4.6 mmD/100 mmL 12 *** 35

Table 3 Protein Test Conditions

Test Standards Cation Exchange Protein Test Standards

(PN 1-9003-00)

Sample Size 20 µl

Eluent A 20 mM MES pH 6.2

Eluent B 0.5 M NaCl in A

Gradient 0–100% B in 5 minutes

Flow rate 5 ml/min

Detection 280 nm

If the general profile is not similar, make sure that your system is

functioning properly. If your system is functioning properly, unpack your

column and start again (see the section on unpacking a column, in the

POROS Self Pack Packing Device instruction sheet).

Figure 1 POROS 20 S Chromatogram

Ribonuclease

Lysozyme

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