"The analyst must ‘think blank’. He must be aware of every step of the analytical procedure as to the effect on the blank. He must ask himself “If I do this, what is the effect on the blank?”
T. Murphy, The role of analytical blank in accurate trace analysis
Milestone Clean Chemistry Line offers innovative and complete portfolio of systems and accessories for analytical blank control and reduction in ultra-trace elemental analysis. There is a growing awareness that sample preparation should evolve to the same standards of newest analytical techniques, such as ICP-MS providing a number of factors that can make critical impact on analysis quality. All of them are related to reduction and control of analytical blank. To address this issue, Milestone developed a comprehensive line of products and accessories to reduce and control the analytical blank perfectly reflected in our ETHOS UP and ETHOS EASY microwave digestion systems.
Benefits
Purity of the reagents
Cleanliness of the material in contact with the sample
Sample preparation method
Quartz sub-boiling distillation system
Quartz sub-boiling distillation system
duoPUR and subPUR
90% cost saving
Of ultra-pure acids by purifying low-cost reagent grade acids.
High productivity
Up to 200 mL per hour (duoPUR) and up to 60 mL per hour (subPUR).
On-demand acid purification
For no sample contamination.
Re-purification of contaminated acids
Fast and safe heating of acids.
TFM and quartz accessories for microwave sample preparation
TFM and quartz accessories for microwave sample preparation
Ultratrace inserts
The "Vessel-Inside-Vessel Technology" was developed by Milestone in the late 90s. Vessel-inside-vessel technology uses a smaller secondary vessel inside the primary microwave vessel. Advantages include: