Sample pretreatment physical

Physical sample pretreatment. Almost all test samples, including those which are measured by so-called direct techniques , need physical pretreatment in any form. The most applied physical techniques are ... 

NIR spectroscopy is probably the most successful technique for the development of qualitative and quantitative methods in the pharmaceutical industry. NIR spectra contain both chemical and physical information from samples (solid and liquid). Spectra can be acquired off-line in three different modes transmittance, reflectance and transflectance. In all cases, the spectra are obtained in a few seconds without or minimum sample pretreatment. Multivariate data analysis techniques are usually needed for the development of the... 

Chromatography is a very versatile technique offering a wide range of solid phase materials and detector types which can deal with very complex mixtures. In practice all materials and conditions used in the instrument are carefully chosen to match the type of sample mixture involved. This includes selection of stationary phase (chemical and physical properties) column type and length sample pretreatment, operational temperatures, pressures, and flow rates physical and chemical nature of mobile phase detector type and so forth. Detection to nanogram level is quite common and some systems can detect to picogram level using very small volumes of sample. 

In chemical analysis, the substances to be determined are rarely directly measurable and sample pretreatment is in most cases necessary to convert or separate the analyte in a form that is compatible with the measurement system. This may imply that the initial physical or chemical composition of the sample is changed without loosing control of this change so that the traceability to a determined reference (e.g. fundamental units) is maintained. Typical pretreatment steps are e.g. digestion, extraction, purification these are frequently followed by intermediate steps such as derivatisation or separation, calibration and final detection. Each action undertaken in one of these steps represents a possible source of error, which adds to the total uncertainty of the final determination. 

Step 1 sample pretreatment This step involves preparing the sample both physically and chemically for SPE extraction so that optimal conditions exist for analyte retention. The type of sample pretreatment is dependent on the analyte (particularly its stability), the type of matrix, the type of sorbent, and the nature of the analytes/sorbent interactions. 

Sample pretreatment involves modification of the physical form of the sample in such a way that the dioxins can be extracted efficiently. Some environmental matrices such as fly ash require pretreatment involving acid attack, usually with HCl, to destroy the structure of the matrix and to allow better recovery of the dioxins. For certain samples, denatu-rants are added so as to destroy any protein-analyte interactions and disrupt micellular formation, both of which can decrease recoveries of dioxins. For example, formic acid has been used as a denaturant prior to extraction of dioxins in plasma or serum. Sodium or potassium oxalate (20 mg per g milk) is added to milk samples to disrupt fat globules. Depending on the type of sample, grinding, homogenization, and blending of various sample phases... 

There are a variety of methods in which the alcohol content of a wine may be determined, which may be as Table 1 shows, loosely divided into direct and indirect methods. The latter involves prior separation of the alcohol by distillation, usually by steam distillation, whereas the direct methods may be carried out on wine without any sample pretreatment. Within both categories there exist both physical, and less widely used, chemical methods. 

RMs represent an important tool for demonstrating the traceability of analytical measurements to given references. One should keep in mind that the traceability of chemical analyses is often more difficult to demonstrate than for physical measurements. This is due to major differences in the measurement processes (e.g., matrix influence on chemical analyses, various analytical problems linked to the analytes and the methods used, need for sample pretreatment, etc.). Contrary to physical measurements, the calibrants and CRMs used for chemical analyses are not only used for instrument calibration but also for a variety of other purposes (e.g., method validation). In terms of traceability, the theory implies that the certified values of a substance in a CRM should be traceable to the amoimt of the given substance expressed according to the relevant SI unit, i.e., the mol. Since there is no reference mol , this traceability can be established only in relation to the mass SI unit, i.e., the kg. 

There is a common requirement in water analysis to separate the dissolved or suspended component in the sample before analysis. This is usually achieved by a physical separation step. Filtration is the most commonly used sample pretreatment method. Membrane and glass fiber filters are available in a variety of pore sizes and membranes are available in different materials. Water analysts normally use GF/C glass fiber filters for suspended solids determinations and 0.45 pm cellulose-based filters to define the soluble/ insoluble fraction in samples. However, all filters and filtration apparatus must be checked to confirm... 

Elimination of ion suppression requires changes in 1) the sample pretreatment procedures 2) the LC mobile-phase composition 3) the LC mobile phase pH and 4) the LC column polarity. In some cases changing the ionization source (e.g., ESI over to APCl) appears to be the feasible solution. At last the studies about ion suppression may further our understanding of the fundamental chemistry and physics of the ESI process. 

As examples of microfluidic analytical platforms and pTAS, LOC systems can be described as a miniaturized lab that is proper for POC appUcalions. Because of the microfluid s physics, LOCs can be designed properly with different functions like sample pretreatment including separation and enrichment before the sensing process (Guo et al., 2015). 

Barometric chemisorption. Chemisorption on catalysts is measured routinely by the barometric method. The equipment is very similar to that commonly used in texture determination by physical adsorption (see Section 3.6.2), except that for chemisorption measurements facilities for pretreatment of the samples should be present. In particular for metal catalysts often the catalyst is received in a partly or fully oxidized form and, as a consequence, reduction is required when one wants to measure the amount of active sites. Moreover, during storage adsorption of various molecules might occur and evacuation is... 

The pretreated catalysts were contacted with pyridine gas at anbient tenperature for one week, then the physically adsorbed pyridine was evacuated. The samples with and without pyridine adsorption were used for ESCA. The bonding energy of Oi.. N., Siz, Alj. and and their relative amounts were measured. 

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