MARS 6 for digestion is a microwave acid digestion system that produces clear digests from samples for elemental analysis by ICP, ICP-MS, or AA.
Rocks, plants, soil, food, pharmaceuticals, plastics, metals, and more can be easily digested using preloaded methods.
Microwave acid digestion is a technique used to dissolve metals bound in a sample matrix into liquid form. This is achieved by exposing a sample to a strong acid in a sealed vessel while increasing temperature and pressure through microwave irradiation. Both the rate of thermal decomposition of the sample and the solubility of heavy metals in solution are increased. Once these metals are in solution, they can be quantified using elemental techniques. Our systems and methods reduce sample preparation time by more than 70% compared to traditional techniques.
