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Supel^™ QuE

Empty Centrifuge Tube with Lid, centrifuge tube volume 50 mL, pk of 50, suitable for EN 15662:2008 per BS

• Synonym(s): QuEChERS
• UNSPSC Code: 41115712
• NACRES: NB.21

Properties

• Agency: AOAC^® 2007.01; suitable for BS EN 15662:2008
• composition: empty tube (n/a)
• packaging: pk of 50
• technique(s): QuEChERS: suitable
• centrifuge tube volume: 50 mL
• application(s): food and beverages

Description

General description

Dispersive SPE (dSPE), often referred to as the "QuEChERS" method (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe), is modern sample prep technique that is becoming increasingly popular in the area of multi-residue pesticide analysis in food and agricultural products.

Using the QuEChERS method, food/agricultural samples are first extracted with an aqueous miscible solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) in the presence of high amounts of salts (e.g., sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate) and/or buffering agents (e.g. citrate) to induce liquid phase separation and stabilize acid and base labile pesticides, respectively. Upon shaking and centrifugation, an aliquot of the organic phase is subjected to further cleanup using SPE. Unlike traditional methods using SPE tubes, in dispersive SPE, cleanup is facilitated by mixing bulk amounts of SPE (e.g., Supelclean PSA, ENVI-Carb, and/or Discovery DSC-18) with the extract. After sample cleanup, the mixture is centrifuged and the resulting supernatant can either be analyzed directly or can be subjected to minor further treatment before analysis.

Supelco carries a line of vials and centrifuge tubes containing pre-determined amounts of salts and SPE sorbents to support the most common method configurations used today.

Application

Supel^™ QuE is used as the centrifuge tube for the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, safe (QuEChERS) extraction and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in foods using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry.

Legal Information

AOAC is a registered trademark of AOAC International

Supel is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 3
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable