Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) has released the UV-1900 UV-VIS spectrophotometer that incorporates technically advanced features designed to improve usability, regulatory compliance and performance. The UV-1900 is for analysis in food, pharmaceutical, life science, chemistry and electronics applications.

The UV-1900 is equipped with a high-visibility color touch panel and the on-screen user interface includes large icons on a black background, making the instrument settings evident at a glance. Navigation tabs minimize transitions between windows and when the system is in quantitation mode, the stages of the entire measurement process and the current status are shown on the display, allowing users to prepare for the next step.  

New to the UV-1900 are validation functions that are compliant with the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the European Pharmacopeia (EP). The instrument also can run checks for nine JIS items and the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP). Operators can save checked conditions and results and refer to them as needed. The instrument supports database management, user authority management and data audit trails for compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, PIC/S GMP guidelines, and other ER/ES regulations.

According to the company, the instrument has a photometric repeatability accuracy of 0.0002 Abs max. (0.5 Abs and 1.0 Abs) and enables more accurate quantitation and detection of low-concentration samples. Measurement modes include photometric, spectrum, quantitation, kinetics, time course and biomethod.