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ultraWAVE was awarded as the most innovative product in sample preparation for metal analysis

The ultraWAVE replaced Unilever's existing closed vessel microwave system and doubled their sample digestion capacity without increasing the hours of labor associated with the current sample prep. With the UltraWAVE they are able to digest any difficult sample while obtaining very low blanks and no evidence of cross contamination.

Elemental analysis of heavy crude oil is important for a variety of reasons including region of origin, maturity, migration, type, and identification of potential challenges that could arise during the refining process. There are numerous challenges with analysis of heavy crude oil with most being centered on the sample prep process due to the complexity of the sample matric. Microwave digestion has been used to overcome these challenges.

Mineral oil hydrocarbons are a growing concern pollutant in food quality control. Microwave-assisted solvent extraction is a well-established sample preparation technique and offers a reliable and efficient approach to their extraction.

Saponification number in oils measures the amount of alkali required to convert fats into soap and it is a crucial parameter for formulation of industrial or artisanal soap. Microwave assisted solvent extraction is a well-established sample preparation technique and offers a reliable and efficient approach for its quantification. Milestone ETHOS X equipped with fastEX-24 eT rotor was used in this study to demonstrate its effectiveness in comparison with official ISO 3657:2020 method and European Pharmacopoeia.

Craft beer has an ever-increasing importance in the current market and the type of product offered can determine the market response. Microwave extractors for the food sector can bring great innovation to the beer production sector. We interviewed Dr. Nicola Grande, a master brewer, about this.

Discover the 2 new microwave protocols developed by Milestone, that have as ultimate target FAME analysis enabling, during the preparation process, a sequential determination of total fat (Method A) and free fat (Method B).

Food products are routinely analyzed to determine their composition in saturated and unsaturated fatty acids to communicate their nutritional value, monitor their quality and origin, and confirm the absence of TFAs In cooperation with Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech, University of Liège, Belgium, a new and accurate method was developed for preparing FAMEs from a wide variety of foodstuff using a single-step microwave-assisted extraction and derivatization coupled with GC×GC analysis to identify and quantify the individual fatty acid. Results was also compared with those from two different official FAMEs preparations: AOCS Official Method Ce 2b-11 and Cruz-Hernandez et al. J AOAC Int 87(2) 2004 545.

In this case study, you can read how ACEA (acronym for Municipal Energy and Environment Company) gained advantages in terms of time-saving, application capabilities, maintenance costs and productivity on any kind of matrix, when adopting Milestone’s microwave technology instead of conventional extraction techniques