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Efficient and reliable sample preparation is essential for food manufacturers and contract laboratories tasked with delivering accurate, regulatory-compliant analytical data. From elemental testing to nutritional profiling, laboratories must manage increasingly complex matrices while maintaining fast turnaround times and data integrity. This paper explores how microwave sample preparation technologies—including digestion, extraction, and hydrolysis—support high-throughput food and feed analysis. It will also address the “total workflow” approach that ultimately helps labs reduce processing time, improve data quality, and enhance operational efficiency across a wide range of applications. Light Labs, a modern analytical testing facility committed to food safety and lab efficiency, is also featured for how they leverage single reaction chamber (SRC) microwave technology to streamline trace metals analysis.

This note details a microwave digestion method for Li-ion cathode samples, enabling accurate elemental analysis through ICP-OES with minimal sample loss.

Streamline elemental analysis of crude oils and petrochemical samples with ultraWAVE 3, fully compliant with UOP 1005 and 1006 methods.

Easily measure mercury in fish with no digestion. DMA-80 evo reduces cost, waste, and hands-on time while delivering EPA 7473 compliant results.

Learn how to apply a ‘Total Workflow’ approach to sample preparation for elemental analysis. Leading to increased lab productivity, better data quality, lower costs, and improved safety.

Webinar Date/Time: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

This sample prep method enables trace metals analysis in fertilizers, soil, and crops with improved accuracy and reproducibility.

This note details a microwave digestion method for Li-ion cathode samples, enabling accurate elemental analysis through ICP-OES with minimal sample loss.

Webinar Date/Time: Wed, Apr 9, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

A focus on optimizing sample preparation in food and feed analysis can improve laboratory efficiency, data quality, and compliance with regulatory standards. Innovations like advanced microwave digestion and automated reagent handling can streamline workflows, improve safety, and ensure reliable analyses, ultimately supporting overall food safety.

Learn about the challenges of preparing polymer samples for elemental analysis and how advanced microwave digestion systems, particularly Single Reaction Chamber (SRC) technology, optimize this process for better accuracy, efficiency, and safety.

This summary presents a total workflow approach to sample preparation for organics and metals, including a special case for mercury.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Sep 19, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

Explore in-depth pre-analytical workflow solutions for mastering Li-ion battery elemental analysis.

In this industry report, a study on certified reference fertilizer materials was performed to prove how the ETHOS UP is optimal for metals analysis.

Witness multiple scenarios in elemental analysis laboratories that provide quantitative evidence on how decisions related to sample preparation workflows can affect a lab’s performance.

Discover practical ways to prevent contamination during sample preparation for trace elemental analysis, including sampling practices, in-house acid purification, and automated reagent addition. Benefits include lower detection limits, reduced reagent costs, and a safer working environment.

Using acid baths and microwave systems for cleaning labware can have a substantial impact on an elemental analysis lab’s throughput, workflow, and efficiency. Learn how automating this step using acid-steam cleaning keeps your microwave system focused on digesting samples and removes the tedium and hazards of hand-cleaning labware.

Using acid baths and microwave systems for cleaning labware can have a substantial impact on an elemental analysis lab’s throughput, workflow, and efficiency. Learn how automating this step using acid-steam cleaning keeps your microwave system focused on digesting samples and removes the tedium and hazards of hand-cleaning labware.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Aug 22, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

Discover the benefits of SRC technology compared with traditional rotor-based systems for sample digestion in the mining and geochemical industries.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Wed, May 22, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

Single Reaction Chamber (SRC) technology is used to process challenging pharmaceutical samples quickly and simultaneously in accordance with USP <232>/<233>.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Apr 4, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

The advantages of single reaction chamber (SRC) microwave digestion are presented and exemplified by its application to sample preparation for food, advanced materials, mining and geochemistry, and consumer goods analyses.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Feb 22, 2024 11:00 AM EST