Agilent Cary 8454 Spectrophotometer

ULTIMATE IN PERFORMANCE,
RELIABILITY AND COMPLIANCE
AGILENT CARY 8454 UV-VIS

PROVEN DIODE ARRAY TECHNOLOGY

Agilent Technologies is your premier resource and partner for molecular
spectroscopy. The world-renowned Cary product line, encompassing FTIR,
UV-Vis-NIR, and Fluorescence, offers you a comprehensive range of molecular
spectroscopy solutions.
The leader in diode array technology
Agilent Technologies continues its leadership in diode
array technology with the Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Vis
spectrophotometer. The Cary 8454 provides the
performance you expect from an Agilent diode array with
the analysis benefits of Agilent’s UV-Visible ChemStation
software.
• Fast reliable performance — acquire a complete
spectrum in as little as 0.1 seconds and obtain
accurate and repeatable results across the entire
UV-Vis spectrum, every time.
• Proven compliance solutions — Agilent diode • Seamless upgrade — with the largest install base
array spectrophotometers have served the of diode array UV-Vis instruments in the market,
pharmaceutical industry for decades and can offer we have ensured transitioning to a Cary 8454 will be
a complete suite of services to assist with validation seamless and transparent. Agilent support tools
needs. Single workstation 21 CFR Part 11 software simplify the transition from existing Agilent 845x
is available, and UV-Visible ChemStation when systems, ensuring you will be running your existing
integrated with OpenLAB ECM, also offers a SOPs in minutes.
network solution that helps meet the requirements
of 21 CFR Part 11. OpenLAB ECM provides a
secure storage solution for all laboratory data, and
combines seamlessly with other Agilent equipment
in your laboratory.

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QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE BY DESIGN
The innovative design of the Cary 8454 results in a high performance, robust and
reliable spectrophotometer that maximizes up-time and lowers cost of ownership.

Grating Slit Lens Lens

Tungsten lamp

Deuterium lamp

Shutter

1024-element
diode array

Superior optical design Open sample area Fastest data collection No moving parts
The Cary 8454 uses a very efficient The optical design means the instrument The Cary 8454 gives reliable, repeatable With no moving parts that affect the
optical system that allows all light to is not sensitive to ambient room light spectroscopy results across the entire sample measurement, and a compact
go through the sample for excellent and allows for an open sampling area. UV-Vis spectrum in as little as 0.1 sec. and rigid optical bench, the Cary 8454
throughput and sensitivity. Light of all This provides ease of access for Save time by not waiting for your result! is exceptionally rugged and reliable and
wavelengths falls on the array and is improved sample handling and sample requires virtually no maintenance.
measured simultaneously for presentation with the Cary 8454.
instantaneous spectral acquisition.

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AGILENT CARY 8454 UV-VIS

ACCURATE AND RELIABLE RESULTS

With over 30 years of experience and leadership in diode array technology,
you can be assured of the reliable performance of the Cary 8454.
The power of Agilent diode array technology
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The Cary 8454 spectrophotometer uses a photodiode array (PDA)
for simultaneous measurement of the complete ultra-violet to

Transmittance (%)
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visible light spectrum in as little as 0.1 seconds.
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Discover the advantages of the Cary 8454:
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• Fast spectral acquisition allows for:
– complete identification and purity of the sample 0

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Wavelength (nm)
– trouble shooting of “out of specification” test results in a
regulated environment Superior wavelength reproducibility
To determine wavelength accuracy and reproducibility, a NIST-traceable solution
– validation and re-validation of methods of holmium oxide is measured ten times and this graph shows the ten overlaid
spectra. The Cary 8454 diode array has excellent wavelength reproducibility as
– multi-wavelength applications such as analyzing complex there are no moving parts that affect measurement. The fi xed optical design means
kinetic experiments you can rely on your results – every time.

– multi-component analysis of mixtures Multi-component analysis

• Exceptional ruggedness and reliability resulting in maximum 0.8

uptime and low cost of ownership. The Cary 8454 diode array
Absorbance (AU)

0.6
has no moving parts that affect the measurement 0.4

• Accurate and repeatable results inherent to Agilent diode 0.2

arrays, ensuring a smooth transition path for regulatory methods 0

and SOPs 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Wavelength (nm)

• An open sample area for convenient sample handling. Standard spectra of B vitamins – B1, B2 and B3.

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Absorbance (AU)

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Wavelength (nm)

UV-Vis spectra of multivitamin mixtures

The spectra of the pure vitamins were used to determine the vitamin
concentration in the mixtures using multi component analysis– without
separation or purification steps!

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SOLUTIONS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
From research to method development, satisfy the
diverse needs of chemical laboratories
Whether in an industrial QA/QC environment, or a research
laboratory in a university, the Cary 8454 provides the software and
hardware solutions to simplify your workflow, increase productivity
and provide you with accurate answers…fast.
• Perform time-based measurements – the Cary 8454 collects an
entire spectrum in as little as 0.1 seconds!
• Increase productivity with the Agilent sipper and XY autosampler
• Obtain answers quickly using built-in analysis software
• Study complex systems using multi-component software
Setting up a multi-wavelength analysis is as
Save time and improve productivity with the Cary 8454 – no more
waiting for results as the Cary 8454 acquires a full spectrum while easy as 1, 2, 3
the UV-Visible ChemStation displays results instantaneously.

Tools for Data Analysis

1 Select the
task you want 2 Enter the
parameters 3 Do the
measurement

The UV-Visible ChemStation software provides unprecedented

capability for data analysis:
• Method development tools to ensure the best parameters are
used – evaluation of standards, compare calibrations and
optimize analysis wavelength
• Mathematical functions including multi-component analysis
0.5
(MCA) – a real alternative for time consuming and expensive
separations 0.4

• Flexibility for single or multi-wavelength analysis.

Absorbance (AU)

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0.2

0.1

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Wavelength (nm)

Multi-wavelength analysis made easy

The Cary 8454 UV-Vis is ideal for kinetics applications where speed is vital,
and using UV-Visible ChemStation, it is easy to open existing data and reanalyze
the data at any wavelength. Whether for kinetics analysis or for determining
concentration, the capability to work with the full spectrum provides great
analytical value.

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AGILENT CARY 8454 UV-VIS

SOLUTIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS

Leading the way in pharmaceutical analysis Smooth and seamless method transfer – have the result in minutes!

Agilent diode array spectrophotometers have served the

pharmaceutical industry for decades. Leveraging Agilent’s strong
presence in the pharmaceutical market through its liquid
chromatography solutions, the diode array UV-Vis has been the
instrument of choice in which hundreds of methods and SOPs
have been established.
The Cary 8454 continues the tradition of providing the ideal
platform for you to either upgrade or expand.
• Developed by the leader in diode array technology, the Agilent
Cary 8454 provides 100% compatibility with the 8453 and its
predecessors, resulting in a smooth and seamless transition to
a new platform
• From software tools such as electronic signatures and data
security to help meet 21 CFR Part 11 requirements, and hardware
that meets all requirements of the European and United States
Pharmacopeia, the Cary 8454 system assists you to achieve UV-Visible ChemStation showing triplicate salicylic acid standards, and
regulatory compliance calibration at 297 nm, collected on the Cary 8454 using a method generated on
an 8453 UV-Vis.
• With no moving parts to affect data acquisition, the Cary 8454 is
the most rugged and reliable UV-Vis on the market, providing low
ongoing cost of ownership and maximum up-time. 1.4

1.2

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Absorbance (AU)

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Wavelength (nm)

Overlay of triplicate spectra collected on the Cary 8454 UV-Vis and the 8453 of
0.05 mg/mL salicylic acid.
Transfer methods from the 8453 quickly and with confidence. Run the same
experiment on the Cary 8454 UV-Vis spectrophotometer in minutes and achieve
accurate, reproducible data for sample measurements to produce results to keep
your laboratory running.

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GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE
No. 1 for compliance solutions
Agilent plays a leading role in defining the Good Laboratory
Practice (GLP) related responsibilities of analytical manufacturers
and users. Agilent incorporates features in its products that
enable you to comply with GLP regulations quickly, reliably,
and productively.
Agilent offers a comprehensive portfolio of service plans and
regulatory compliance services to help achieve validation of the
8454 UV-Vis system and its components to ensure the highest
levels of reliability and performance. Agilent standards kit for UV-Vis instrument
operational qualification (OQ) and optional OQ
Standards kits hardware kit save time and support OQ procedures.

OQ/PV is made even easier using an Agilent standards kit,

which meets the needs of both the United States and European
Pharmacopoeias. The kit includes standard solutions in snap-open
glass ampules which are inexpensive, easy-to-use, and traceable.
The standards let you check for photometric accuracy, wavelength
accuracy, stray light and resolution.

21 CFR Part 11
The Agilent UV-Visible ChemStation software can be configured to
support the requirements for electronic records and signatures for a
closed system as defined in FDA 21 CFR Part 11. Tools and products
for system installation and operational qualification also complete
this solution. Key features include:
• Workstation or Network versions available
• Access control defined by administrator All you need for Installation or Operational
Qualification (IQ, OQ) is provided for both
• Method and data integrity the spectrophotometer and system software.
Test methods are supported by the software to
• Data security save time. IQ and OQ can be performed by the
user or are available as services from Agilent.
• Audit trail
• Electronic Signatures.

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AGILENT CARY 8454 UV-VIS

ACCESSORIES
The Agilent Cary 8454 diode array UV-Vis provides excellent sampling capabilities
for liquid analysis. Coupled with Agilent’s market-leading diode array technology,
samples are analyzed in seconds with the highest degree of accuracy, ensuring
that your UV-Vis can expand and meet your productivity needs.
Cell holders

Peltier thermostatted
cell holder

Cell holders Multicell transport Sipper

• Standard cell holder: Ensure quick The multicell transport provides For measurement of liquid samples,
and precise cell positioning for each a significant increase in productivity the sipper system improves productivity
measurement. Supplied as standard. when you need to do simple, repetitive and eliminates errors caused by manual
measurements on a small number sample handling. Includes a peristaltic
• Thermostattable cell holder:
of samples, or when you want to pump and quartz flow cell. Key features
When connected to a water
follow changes in several samples include:
recirculating bath, ensures constant
(for example, enzyme kinetic studies).
sample temperature for temperature • Software controlled
Key features include:
sensitive analyses. Magnetic stirring
• Variable pump, delay, and return time
available as an option. • Software controlled
• Flow cell with 10 mm pathlength,
• Peltier Thermostattable cell • Eight cell positions
3 mm diameter, and 80 μL volume
holder: Use the peltier for precise
• Water-thermostattable using external
temperature control (10–70 °C). • Constant-speed peristaltic pump with
water bath (5–90 °C)
Includes magnetic stirring. Tygon pump tubing
• Less than 1 second to move between
• Long pathlength cell holder: Holds • Minimum sample volume of
adjacent cells
rectangular and cylindrical cells with approximately 1 mL
pathlengths up to 100 mm. • Magnetic stirring.
• Typical sampling time of 20 seconds
• Ideal for use with autosampler.

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ACCESSORIES AND RELATED SOLUTIONS

Autosampler Dissolution Testing Consumables for UV-Vis

Combine an XY autosampler with a Connect Agilent tablet dissolution test Agilent’s range of UV-Vis consumables
sipper system to measure large numbers baths to the Cary 8454 for the ultimate includes cuvettes, flow cells and lamps.
of samples fully automated and in dissolution testing. Agilent is the
unattended. Key features include: only company to provide an “Agilent-
only” integrated dissolution system to
• Software controlled
ensure that you get all components from
• Capacity for up to 240 samples a single supplier. Key features include:
• Wash station for optional rinsing • Dedicated software controls bath
between samples operation and all calculations and
• 10–13 mm diameter sample tubes with reports
maximum height of 100 mm • Multi-component software for studying
• Typical transit time (adjacent samples) complex systems
of approximately 6 seconds (including • Allows compliance with 21 CFR part 11
raising and lowering probe)
• Multicell based sampling system
• Typical time per sample of 25 seconds
• Valve-based sampling system
(including sipper operation time)
• Multi-bath sampling for increased
• Minimum sample volume of 2 mL.
productivity.

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AGILENT CARY 8454 UV-VIS

SOFTWARE TOOLS TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE

OpenLAB ECM Compliance Pack for UV-Visible
ChemStation
A direct 21 CFR Part 11 compliant link to OpenLAB ECM from
UV-Visible ChemStation
Efficient Data Storage and Retrieval
• Centralized storage for UV-Visible ChemStation methods and
results files
Security
• Comprehensive data security
• Access for registered users with assigned privileges New UV: ChemStation privileges and profiles in OpenLAB ECM allow
customized user access to UV-Visible ChemStation. Allow varying levels of
Data integrity and traceability method manipulation, data analysis, system access and system validation.
• Maintain file revision and history
• Comprehensive audit trail
– Trail of who has what item
– Trail of when an item was uploaded
– New central UV-Visible ChemStation enhanced audit trail
21 CFR Part 11 Compliant
• Designed to support FDA regulations for
– Data integrity and traceability
– Electronic signatures
– Archival capabilities

Cary 8454 spectroscopy system with UV-Vis ChemStation software

Sampling Systems Add-on software modules
Security Pack OR OpenLAB ECM Compliance Pack
for 21 CFR Part 11

Advanced Dissolution Biochemical Analysis

Dissolution testing Kinetics
Multibath dissolution testing Thermal denaturation
Sipper XY Autosampler

+ General Purpose
Standard tasks
Combined report

Verification and diagnostics

8454 PC

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Agilent Molecular Spectroscopy Innovations
1947 1954 1969 1977 1979 1983 1989 1995
First commercial Release of the Cary First rapid scanning Release of the Cary First commercial Launch of HP 1090 Release of the Launch of the
recording UV-Vis, 14 UV-Vis-NIR fourier transform 219 UV-Vis diode array LC systems featuring acclaimed Cary 1 8453, the first
the Cary 11 UV-Vis infrared spectrophotometer, Diode Array and and 3 UV-Vis small-footprint,
spectrometer, the 8450A Low Dispersion full-featured diode
the FTS-14 Technology array

1997 1999 2002 2008 2011 2011 2013 2014

Cary 50 released Cary Eclipse Cary 4000/5000/ Agilent releases the Agilent offers Compact, versatile Launch of the Cary Launch of Cary 8454
to coincide with Fluorescence 6000i research Cary 620 FTIR out-of-lab FTIR Cary 630 FTIR 7000 Universal UV-Vis.
50th anniversary Spectrophotometer grade UV-Vis-NIR Imaging Microscopy solutions. introduced Measurement-
Next Generation
of Cary 11 released series released Series Spectrophotometer
Agilent releases of Handheld FTIR
(UMS)
the Cary 60 UV-Vis introduced

Solutions for routine and QA/QC applications

Agilent’s has a range of molecular spectroscopy instruments for routine and QA/QC applications:

Cary 60 UV-Vis Cary 630 FTIR Cary Eclipse Fluorescence

The market leader in xenon flashlamp The smallest bench top FTIR packs the The only fluorescence instrument to have
technology measures micro volume biggest punch with superior performance, room-light immunity, the Cary Eclipse is
liquids or is ideal for remote sampling with unique sampling capabilities and intuitive flexible for measurements from kinetics to
fiber optics. software. solid samples.

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