Accelerated Solvent Extractors

Dionex has released its ASE 150 and 350 Accelerated Solvent Extractors. They use a combination of elevated temperature and pressure with common solvents to extract organic compounds from a variety of solid and semisolid materials. The Extractors offer significant savings in extraction time and solvent usage over other extraction methods such as Soxhlet, sonication, and shaking, and they are accepted by the US EPA for the extraction of pesticides from plant tissue (Method 3545). The instruments include a pH-hardened pathway that features Dionium components; this allows extraction of acidic or basic samples, including those that have undergone hydrolysis, as well as in-cell cleanup and filtration of samples.