
Use of Single-Reaction Chamber (SRC) technology to simplify and optimize food and mixed-food microwave sample preparation for trace metal analysis using ICP-MS.

Use of Single-Reaction Chamber (SRC) technology to simplify and optimize food and mixed-food microwave sample preparation for trace metal analysis using ICP-MS.

This industry report describes how the Milestone ultraWAVE can process large, dissimilar and difficult pharmaceutical samples quickly and easily – all without batching.

Analysis of fertilizer products gives the ratio of macronutrients, which must be correct to ensure optimal efficacy. Learn how the ETHOS UP can process highly reactive fertilizer samples, even in large sample amounts.

Many polymers are very stable and require high temperatures and pressures to completely digest. Learn how the ultraWAVE can process these samples quickly and easily, yielding superior analytical data.

This industry report describes how the ETHOS UP can process highly reactive food samples, even in large amounts, yielding superior digestion quality and analytical data.

This article compares the differences and advantages of Single Reaction Chamber (SRC) Technology to traditional rotor-based microwave systems and explains what to consider when selecting the optimal technology for your lab.

This industry report describes how a variety of samples from the cannabis industry were digested simultaneously using disposable vials with full analyte recovery.

Demand for trace metals analysis in environmental labs is growing due to stricter regulations, and the need for lower levels of detection increasing. Learn how the ETHOS UP is fully compatible with US EPA environmental methods with accurate and full control of the digestion process.

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 allows for simultaneous digestion of up to 15 different sample types at temperatures as high as 300°C, greatly streamlining the sample preparation process.

Single reaction chamber (SRC) technology enables the digestion of up to 22 different inorganic sample types simultaneously at temperatures as high as 300oC, greatly expanding the capability of a broad range of difficult materials.

Milestone’s DMA-80 provides a highly flexible platform with an extremely wide dynamic detection range to analyze the different fish species 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.

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.

The majority of environmental laboratories are currently using traditional techniques like cold vapor atomic absorption to analyze samples for mercury content.

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.

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