A hot block for open-vessel digestion

Well-known for its microwave-assist­ed diges­tion instru­ments, Anton Paar has now launched a lab­o­ra­to­ry hot block for the acid diges­tion, evap­o­ra­tion, and con­cen­tra­tion of sam­ples. Mul­ti­c­ube 48 comes with pre-installed and cus­tomiz­able meth­ods and com­plies with stan­dard meth­ods such as EPA 3010a, 3020b, 3050b, and 3060 for sol­id waste and EPA 200.2, 200.7, 200.8, 200.9, 245.1, and 365.1 for water. The new hot block com­bines an easy work­flow and oper­a­tion with Anton Paar pre­ci­sion. High tem­per­a­ture homo­gene­ity of ±1°C over the whole block guar­an­tees the same diges­tion qual­i­ty for all sam­ples. The dis­pos­able low-cost vials with low­est met­al blanks elim­i­nate the risk of exter­nal contamination.

The Mul­ti­c­ube 48 vials can be used for weigh­ing and digest­ing, stor­ing digest­ed solu­tions, and as vol­u­met­ric flasks for fill­ing up the sam­ples to the appro­pri­ate vol­ume. The vials are ful­ly com­pat­i­ble with autosam­plers for met­al analy­sis by F‑AAS, GF-AAS, ICP-OES, or ICP-MS.

Anton Paar has over 40 years of expe­ri­ence in devel­op­ing sam­ple prepa­ra­tion instru­ments and pro­vides a broad port­fo­lio of con­ven­tion­al­ly heat­ed and microwave-assist­ed diges­tion instruments.