Milestone ultraWAVE 3 - Ultrawave 3 - Chemistry Guidelines

Milestone Srl MA245-003 – ultraWAVE 3 – User Manual
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ultraWAVE 3 – chemistry guidelines
UltraWAVE 3 is suitable for the digestion of any kind of samples with any kind of acid mixture.
The most common acid mixtures used in the ultraWAVE 3 are reported below:
• HNO
3
• parts of HNO
3
, 1 part of HCl, 1 part of H
2
O
• HCl, Aqua regia
• Mixture of HNO
3
and HF
• Mixture of HNO
3
, H
3
PO
4
, HF
• Mixture of HCl, HF, H
3
PO
4
, H
2
O
2
A wide variety of samples can be digested in the ultraWAVE 3, below are reported some guidelines:
Sample type
Suggested acid mixture
Organic samples.
Only HNO
3
4 ml of HNO
3
and 0,5/1 ml of HCl
General inorganic samples
Reversed Aqua Regia (3 ml of HNO
3
, 1 ml of HCl,
1 ml of H
2
O)
Samples with high concentration of Fe, Al,
Sb, Sn and noble metals
Reversed Aqua Regia (3 ml of HNO
3
, 1 ml of HCl,
1 ml of H
2
O)
Alloy, Steel and Ores
Reversed Aqua Regia (3 ml of HNO
3
, 1 ml of HCl,
1 ml of H
2
O) only HCl
Mixture of HNO
3
and HF
Rocks, cement, ash
Mixtures of HNO
3
/ H
3
PO
4
/ HF
The UltraWAVE 3 can be used only with methods/ procedures agreed with
Milestone Application Specialist.