Milestone Ethos X

Superior efficiency in solvent extraction

Sample preparation is the least evolved and most error-prone step in chromatographic analytical procedures. Many laboratories still use the Soxhlet method that was developed in 1879.

Microwave-assisted extraction uses closed vessels to heat the extraction solvent above its atmospheric boiling point. Working at elevated temperature increases the solubility of the analyte of interest and decreases the solvent viscosity, leading to more efficient sample preparation and lower extraction times. Microwave extraction is selective, fast and produces more accurate and precise results than other methods

Typical applications of microwave-assisted solvent extraction include organic pollutants from environmental matrices, fat determination in food samples, contaminants from food and extraction of additives from plastics.

Dedicated configurations to accomplish a wide range of applications.

• Advanced Microwave Extraction System for Environmental Applications
  

PAH, PCB, Dioxins, Phenols, Phthalates, EOM, Pesticides Herbicides, PBDE, TPH-hydrocarbons

• Advanced Microwave Extraction for Fat Determination in Food matrices

FAMEs, Total Fat, Free fat, PAH, PCB, Dioxins, Steroli, Chloramphenicol Nitrofuran, Polyphenols

• Microwave Solvent-free Extraction of Natural Products even for for craft applications

Microwave hydrodiffusion and gravity technique for high-quality essential oils extraction

• Advanced Microwave Extraction System for Plastics and Polymers

Additives in polyolefins, overall migration in oil, Phthalates

Microwave assisted extraction is used in many different fields

The most common are the environmental sector

• The quality control of food and animal feed
• The analysis of plastics and polymers
• The quality control of leather and fabrics

Official method for microwave extraction

• EPA 3546,
• ASTMD5765-16,
• ASTM D6010-12,
• ASTM D7210-21,
• CPSC-CH-C1001-09.3

List of common applications