ColdBlock™ – Sample Digestion System – CB6L, CB12L, CB30S
ColdBlock™ Sample Digestion System is the first sample digestion technology using focused short-wave infrared (IR) radiation and a ColdBlock, which delivers exceptional performance even in difficult matrices. Digestion of refractory chromite takes 10 minutes without any requirement of perchloric and hydrofluoric acids.
Technical Specifications
| Set Contents | CB12L Digester | HDC Controller |
|---|---|---|
| CB12L 12 channel large sample size digester | 12 channels | 2 zone controls |
| 1 x HDC manual controller | 2 m controller connector cable | 2 m power supply cable |
| 24x Standard and 24x Large test tubes | 25 kg | 10 kg |
| 30 x 25 x 55 cm | 25 x 11.5 x 30 cm | |
| Accepts both Standard and Large test tubes | 240 VAC / 30 A | |
| NEMA 6-30 plug |
Key Features
ColdBlock™ – Sample Digestion
ColdBlock™ Digestion has revolutionized sample digestion by offering:
- Very rapid digestions (10 minutes or less)
- Simplified digestion procedure with rapid heating and cooling for enhanced sample throughput
- Excellent accuracy and reproducibility
- Cost-efficiency
- Reduced environmental impact
- Improved occupational safety
- Broad applicability spectrum across numerous industries
Applications
ColdBlock™ – Sample Digestion
- Environmental: Lead in Paint, Mercury in Fish Tissue, Lead in Drinking Water, Wastewaters, Soils, Sludges, Metal Alloys
- Mining: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Rare Earth Metals, base Metals & chromite in mining samples – 0.2-30g sample sizes
- Food & Agriculture: Fertilizers, plant tissue, rice flour, soy flour, milk powder
- Pharmaceutical:
- Sample digestion completely dissolved Olmetec 40mg tablets in 15 minutes using Sulfuric acid in combination with Nitric acid.
- Magnesium Sterate, Titanium Dioxide, Talc
Cooling Requirements
Each system includes the ColdBLock digester and ColdBlock controller, an external chiller is required upon operation.
| Cooling Requirements (per CB12L digester) | |
| Recommended Temperature Range | -5℃ – 20℃ |
| Cooling capacity | 300W @ 20℃ |
| Pump capacity flow rate | 15 L/min |
| Minimum filling (reservoir) volume | 3L |
Application Notes by Industry
- ColdBlock Technologies – 007 Manganese Sulphate Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 011 Multi-Nutrient Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 012 Super Phosphate Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 013 Potassic Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 014 Ferrous Sulphate Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 015 Zinc Oxide Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 018 Tasmanian Blackwood
- ColdBlcok Technologies – 019 Rhodes Grass
- ColdBlock Technologies – 001 Skim Milk Powder
- ColdBlock Technologies – 016 Dried Apple
- ColdBlock Technologies – 017 Rice Flour
- ColdBlcok Technologies – 020 Maize
- ColdBlcok Technologies – 021 Beech Leaf
- ColdBlock Technologies – 022 Whole Milk Powder
- ColdBlock Technologies – 054 Omega 3 – Fish Oil Supplement
- ColdBlock Technologies – 057 Bean Sprout Juice
- ColdBlock Technologies – 002 High Grade Chromite Ore
- ColdBlock Technologies – 003 Copper Ores Concentrate
- ColdBlock Technologies – 004 Copper Gold Concentrate
- ColdBlock Technologies – 005 Nickel Latterite Ores
- ColdBlock Technologies – 008 14% Copper Fertilizer
- ColdBlock Technologies – 009 Crude Oil (Light Oil)
- ColdBlock Technologies – 010 Gold Ore
- ColdBlock Technologies – 023 Crude Oil (Medium Oil)
- Agilent Technologies, Inc. – Ultra-trace analysis of metals in mineral reference materials
ColdBlock™ shortens digestion process to just minutes!
Key Industries
- Agriculture
- Environmental
- Food & Beverage
- Mining & Minerals
- Pharmaceutical
