Various organs in animals have the ability to accumulate heavy metals. An example is mercury (Hg) in shark liver. A commercial application is monitoring Cadmium in sheep liver which can be used for paté usage. The universal limit set for Cadmium is lower than...

The digestion of sulphide ores for analysis by AAS ,ICP or ICP-MS creates two potential problems. 1.  Sulphide ores can contain silicates which are difficult to digest by aqua regia and require use of HF which requires special handling and safety...

Various Microwave Digestion Vessels have a history of accumulating volatile metals on the surface of the vessel with repeated microwave digestions. Quartz lined vessels are one such surface that needs special preparation to try and remove such accumulations. A special...

With the continued use of conventional microwave vessels, the vessel and sub components quality, will progressively degrade with aggressive acid attack and need to be replaced. TFM-PTFE has demonstrated a superior resistance to strong acid attack allowing aging...