Microwave Digestion Archive

Marine Palynology and Palaeoceanography research group uses the newest microwave extraction system to study primeval seabed sediment.

As the cannabis industry matures, terpene isolation from cannabis plant material has become a primary issue. Throughout this article, we discuss the capabilities of microwave-assisted extraction and how the cannabis industry can utilize it.

SYNLAB’s Laboratory performs extractions using different techniques, such as sonication, soxhlet and automated soxhlet systems. They were impressed with the efficiency of the new Milestone ETHOS X with the fastEX-24 rotor over other technologies already available in their laboratory.

Milestone's Extraction Technology helps increase productivity and lower operating costs for Environmental Testing Laboratory

The ashing test on food samples is commonly used for evaluation of mineral content. Microwave ashing procedure for determination of inorganic ash in food samples is an alternative and rapid method for determination of mineral content in food samples. Milestone PYRO system incorporates all of the benefits of a microwave system working with special fast heating/cooling crucibles while making the ashing application fast, easy, effective, and in complete safety.

RSSL deals with a wide variety of food samples on which they must provide either the ash content or the elemental analysis after ash content. The overall process time for these analyses was time consuming as it required several hours. RSSL wishes to provide a superior service to their clients and enhance their turnaround time for this specific testing. RSSL acquired a PYRO microwave muffle ashing furnace mid of 2019 for total ash determination in food samples. The muffle utilizes microwave heating to ash samples, which reduces the process time and electricity consumption when compared to conductive heating muffles.

The USP chapter describes the methodology for measurement of inorganic contaminants in pharmaceutical samples, where the adopted technique is the Sulfated Ashing. Milestone's PYRO is an advanced sulfated ashing system, that allows to run this particular application in one step only, thus assuring operators’ safety and reproducibility of results.

A rapid determination of the carbon black content allows quick feedback to production and for adjustment when required. The use of Milestone’s PYRO muffle furnace (High Sample Throughput configuration) along with self-closing quartz crucibles and dedicated rack (20 positions) ensures fast determination and high reproducibility compared with the reference method ASTM D1603.

The UltraFAST crucibles allow the PYRO user to dramatically reduce the overall ashing time, from start to end thanks to their innovative material that allows the samples to be surrounded by a constant airflow.