START MOD

Microwave Open Vessel Digestion System

Why the START MOD?

START MOD is the answer for larger sample size!

Acid digestion of organic samples produces gaseous by-products, such as CO2 and NOX. As a result, larger sample sizes produce higher pressures inside a closed digestion vessel. Furthermore, a larger sample size may lead to more exothermic and uncontrollable reactions. Generally, in a 100 ml pressure vessel, no more than 1 gram of dry organic sample can be digested.
Larger samples, on the order of several grams, are desirable in a variety of applications, to serve as a more representative portion of a larger sample bulk, or to compensate for limitations in the sensitivity of the analytical instrument. This is particularly true in applications such as plastics and polymers, waste products, food and feed, and a variety of other highly reactive compounds.

Main Advantages

• Digestion of large organic sample sizes
• New application possibilities
• Ease of use
• Versatility and flexibility of the system

Available Rotors

Milestone’s innovative MOD-8 rotor allows rapid digestion of 8 organic samples with dry weight up to several grams each.

Furthermore, the START MOD system is the most flexible and versatile platform for sample preparation: also closed-vessel digestion can be performed just by adding any Milestone closed-vessel rotor, giving chemists the greatest flexibility within a single sample preparation platform. The built-in software allows the user to perform both open and closed-vessel procedures.

START MOD: The answer for larger sample sizes