Johan Nortje

The Milestone UltraWAVE can digest up to 22 different sample types simultaneously. The high temperature and pressure capability enables a complete digestion of nearly all inorganic sample types that need to be analyzed for trace metals.

Milestone’s DMA-80 provides a highly flexible platform with an extremely wide dynamic detection range to analyze coal samples with varying mercury levels.

The Milestone UltraWAVE is a bench-top instrument that operates at very high pressures and temperatures, capable of processing large, dissimilar and difficult samples quickly, easily-all without batching. The data shown in this technical note demonstrates that the digestion of samples in the UltraWAVE results in uniformly high analytical data quality, making it the ideal solution for trace metals detection in food.

Patented UltraWAVE SRC technology goes beyond traditional digestion, offering greater capabilities for the most difficult sample types. High-performance stainless steel construction allows for higher pressures and temperatures, while disposable vessels eliminate the need to assemble, disassemble or clean between processing. Just as important, dissimilar samples can be processed simultaneously, saving time and money.

Closed vessel microwave digestion has proven to be an effective alternative to traditional sample prep techniques with methods of fast, complete digestions, clean environment, and full recovery of volatile compounds.

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is in the process of developing new USP chapters and for the measurement of inorganic contaminants in pharmaceutical samples. While samples can be dissolved in aqueous or organic solvents, the large majority will require digestion, and closed vessel microwave digestion is stipulated by USP. Single reaction chamber (SRC) microwave digestion is a new type of closed vessel digestion that was developed by Milestone and offers many advantages over closed vessel digestion-particularly for pharmaceutical sample types.

Single reaction chamber (SRC) microwave digestion offers significant benefits over traditional microwave digestion for pharmaceutical samples: higher sample throughput, reduced labor and consumables costs, simplified workflow and superior digestion quality.

Single reaction chamber (SRC) microwave digestion offers significant benefits over traditional microwave digestion for pharmaceutical samples: higher sample throughput, reduced labor and consumables costs, simplified workflow and superior digestion quality.

Single reaction chamber microwave digestion offers significant benefits over traditional microwave digestion for pharmaceutical samples: higher sample throughput, reduced labor and consumables costs, simplified workflow, and superior digestion quality.