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
Brand
ColdBlock Technologies was founded in 2014 to develop, test, and bring to market their innovative sample digestion technology, ColdBlock Digestion. Since that time, the company has collaborated with government, academia, and industry to demonstrate their innovative solution while elevating the efficiency, productivity and safety of sample digestion.