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Clean Chemistry: Techniques for the Modern Laboratory
A Practical Guide to Clean Sample Preparation for Trace Metal Analysis
by Dr. Robert Richter
© 2003 Milestone Inc.
Your lab used to be clean enough. . .
Advances in modern analytical instrumentation have made it possible to perform sub-ppb determinations on a routine basis. The analyte levels in the blank may be significant when compared to the sample, so the uncertainty of the blank measurement can obscure the accuracy of the result. Clean handling techniques are required for this type of analysis; your lab, and your methods, must be transformed. What steps do you need to take?
Clean chemistry is partly a matter of having the right equipment: ultra-pure reagents, vessels that will not contaminate your samples, air filtering systems, proper clothing, and so on. And clean chemistry is also a state of mind—a state of constant awareness. It involves knowing exactly what you are doing at any given moment, and how those actions will affect the analytical blank.
This book is a guide to creating the kind of lab you'll need to conduct trace-level chemistry. In these pages, clean chemistry expert Dr. Robert Richter will teach you:
- What an "analytical blank" is, and how to safeguard it
- How to control airborne contamination and static
- Which materials make the best lab vessels
- The best methods for cleaning your vessels
- How to obtain ultra-pure reagents
- How to minimize analyst-based contamination
- How to decompose or evaporate samples without altering their analyte concentration
. . . and more.
This book is available directly from Milestone. Click here to order. (This link will take you to a PDF order form, which you can print and fax/mail to us.)
Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry
Fundamentals, Sample Preparation, and Applications
Edited by H.M. "Skip" Kingston and Stephen J. Haswell
© 1997 American Chemical Society
This book is an indication of the breadth of microwave-enhanced chemistry as a new branch of chemical science. Microwave radiation can be used in many fields of chemistry in addition to sample preparation, decomposition, and extraction. It is now commonly used in the synthesis of organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds and catalysts. Microwave-assisted sample preparation has become a standard method in thousands of analytical chemical laboratories, and many other chemical manipulations are in the process of standardizing procedures that depend on microwave technology. This book was developed as an international reference text.
Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry reviews the fundamental literature, discusses the fundamental theory for supporting the development of sample preparation microwave methods and environmental and industrial applications, includes the primary reference that the supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other national and international standard microwave sample preparation methods, and details the new and emerging applications and instrumentation in this field. Fundamental databases are included to provide analysts with new reference information to support chemical analysis.
This book is available directly from Milestone for $109.95 (available in North America only). Call (866) 995-5100 to order.
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Edited by Akbar Montaser
© Wiley-VCH, Inc.
While ICP-MS has been a commercially available method of multi-element and multi-isotope analysis since 1983, the growing number of ICP-MS manufacturers entering the marketplace in the 1990s led to an exponential increase in its use. This, in turn, has led to a profusion of novel applications and analytical findings and a concurrent explosion in literature on the subject. Bringing together the insights and expertise of 27 scientists from seven countries, this A-to-Z guide to performing ICP-MS reflects all of the important recent developments in the field. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry equips students, laboratory managers, and professionals with current comprehensive coverage and is an indespensable working resource for analytical chemists and spectroscopists.
Of special note:
Chapter 2: The Art and Science of Microwave Sample Preparation for Trace and Ultratrace Elemental Analysis
by H.M. "Skip" Kingston and Peter J. Walter
Contemporary Chemical Analysis
by Judith F. Rubinson and Kenneth A. Rubinson
© 1998 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Contemporary Chemical Analysis is an undergraduate text that discusses the principles of analytical chemistry while covering the range of applications of analytical chemical methods.
Of special note:
Chapter 4B: A Deeper Look: Microwave-Assisted Sample Preparation
Digestion Articles
K.J. Borowski, C. Schoenfeld
Expanding the Limites of Closed-Vessel Microwave Sample Preparation
Note: This article features Milestone's UltraCLAVE.
Am. Lab., Aug. 2006.
C. Schoenfeld, T. Michel
An Open-Vessel Microwave Digestion System for Preparing Large Samples of Volatile or Heterogeneous Materials
Note: This article features Milestone's Ethos MOD system.
Am. Lab., Feb. 2006.
Robert Richter, Dirk Link, H.M. "Skip" Kingston
Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry
Anal. Chem., Jan 1, 2001, Vol. 73, No. 1, 31A-37A
Kenneth Borowski, Amy Schmaling
An Integrated Microwave Digestion System for the Modern Laboratory
Am. Lab., Vol 31, 22, 11/99, 28-31
Mark Tatro
Sample Preparation for Trace Metals Part 2: Microwave Digestion
ET&A Sept/Oct 1998
C. Blake, B. Bourqui
Determination of Lead and Cadmium in Food Products by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
Atomic Spectroscopy Vol. 19(6), Nov/Dec 1998
Zofia Kowalewska, Ewa Bulska, Adam Hulanicki
The Determination of Arsenic in Reforming Catalysts by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Atomic Spectroscopy, Vol. 18 (5), Sep/Oct 1997
Jack DiPiazza
Heavy Metals in Printing Inks
ET&A July/Aug 1997
Lesa Smith, Judith Yaeger
High-Pressure Microwave Digestion: A Waste-Minimization Tool for the Radiochemistry Laboratory
Radioactivity & Radiochemistry, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996, 35-38
Michael Krachler, Herbert Radner, Kurt Irgolic
Microwave Digestion Methods for the Determination of Trace Elements in Brain and Liver Samples by ICP-MS
Fresenuis J. Anal Chem (1996) 335:120-128
D. Weiss, W. Shotyk, H. Schaefer, E. Grollimund, M. Gloor
Acid Dissolution and Matrix Elimination Techniques for Pb and Cd Analysis of Ancient Peats Using DPASV and ICP-MS
Analytia Chimica Acta, 11/12/96
N. Walraven
Recovery Study of 10 Inorganic Geostandards with Milestone Microwave Digestion
Report Number: Gch 96-1, Jan 1996
M. Rustioni, G. Cassani, E. Faccetti, G. Nucci, A. Agazzi, C. Pirola
Microwave Technology Applied to Organic Chemical Analysis
Presented at the 4th World Surfactants Congress, 1996
R. Mizushima, M. Yonezawa, A. Ejima, H. Koyama, H. Satoh
Microwave Digestion Using Dual PTFR Containers for Analysis of Trace Elements in Small Amounts of Biological Samples
Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 1996, 178, 75-79
J. Yaeger, L. Smith
Waste Minimization Through High-Pressure Microwave Digestion of Soils for Gross a/b Analysis
ANL/ACL-95/3, April 1995
A. Zlotorzynski
The Application of Microwave Radiation to Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
Crit. Rev. Anal. Chem 25(1):43-76(1995)
J. Ziaziaris, L. Kacprzak
Microwave Digestion ICP-AES Determination of Boron Raw Noodles
J. AOAC International Vol 78, No. 3, 1995
R. Watkins, M. Ridley, B. Pougnet, J. Willis
Determination of Rare-Earth Elements in Coal Using Microwave Digestion and Gradient Ion Chromatography
Chem. Geology 121 (1995) 273-283
J. Bertagnolli, K.Harbaugh, D.Hammargren
Dissoultion and Determination of Indium in Low-Grade Ores
App. Spectroscopy, Vol 48, No. 10 (1994)
M. Boon, L. Kok
Microwaves for Immunohistochemistry
Micron, Vol. 25, No. 2, 151-170 (1994)
I. Hlavackova, I. Hlavacek
Multi-Element Analysis of Some High Silicone Contant Ferroalloys by ICP-AES
J. Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, March 1994, Vol. 9, p251
G. DeMenna, G. Brown
Applications of High-Performance Microwave Technology in the Analytical Laboratory
International Laboratory, March 1994, 25-27
W. Puacz, W. Szahun
Use of Microwave Energy for Clevage of Sulpher Bonds in the S8-ring in Alcoholic Solvents
Chem Anal (Warsaw), 38, 829 (1993)
Henryk Matusiewicz
High-Pressure Microwave Dissolution of Ceramics Prior to Trace Metal Determinations by Microwave Induced Plasma AES
Mikrochim Acta 111, 71-82 (1993)
V. Marcille-Kerslake, K. Bolton
A Microwave Digestion Method for the Analysis of As, Se, and Metals in Soils and Wastes
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (1992)
W. Lautenschlager, J. Dorfer
Microwave Laboratory Systems with MDR (Microwave Digestion Rotor) Technology
LaborPraxis - May 1992
M. Campbell, G. Kanert
High-Pressure Digestion for the Determination of Arsenic, Antimony, Selenium, and Mercury in Oily Wastes
Analyst, Feb 1992, Vol 117
A. Vollrath, T. Otz, C. Hohl, and G. Seiler
Comparison of Dissoultion Procedures for the Determination of Cadmium and Lead in Plastics
Fresenius' J. Anal Chem (1992) 344:269-274
B. Zunk
Microwave Digestion of Plant Material for Trace Element Determination
Analytica Chimica Acta 236(1990) 337-343
O. Halvorsen, R. Isrenn, M. Engum, A. Myking
Determination of Chromium and Nickel in Human Lung Tissues
Poster Presentation from the University of Bergen, Norway
T. Nolter, P. Maisenbacher, H. Puchelt
Microwave Acid Digestion of Geological and Biological Standard Reference Materials for Trace Element Analysis by ICP-MS
Spectroscopy, Vol.5, No. 4, 49-53
F. Macri, J. Baiano
Rapid Simultaneous Determination of Residual Rhodium and Aluminum in Zalcitabine Drug Substance by ICP-ASE Utilizing Microwave Sample Prep
Presented by Hoffman-LaRoche Inc.
E. Veschetti, D. Maresca, A. Santarsiero, M. Ottaviani
Sewage Sludge Microwave Digestion Procedure Optimized by Temperature and Pressure Analysis
Microchemical Journal Vol 59
D. Reynolds (Sunoco Chemicals R&T)
A Closed Vessel Microwave Preparation Method of Polypropylene for both AA and ICP-OES Analysis
Poster presentation, ICP Winter Conference 2006.
D. Kluk, A. de Krom, NSL Analytical Laboratories, Cleveland, OH.
A Rose is a Ross is a RoHS - discussion of the European Union's RoHS Directive regulations.
Advanced Materials & Processes, January 2006, pp. 56–59.
G. Rädlinger, K.G. Heumann
Iodine Determination in Food Samples Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
Anal. Chem., June 1, 1998, Vol. 70, No. 11, pp. 2221–2224.
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