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Just a few additional comments. Mostly there is nothing magical about using a microwave. It is just a heating device, but it can heat and cool fast. I have found several reactions that would decompose before I could isolate product, but in the microwave I was able to isolate due to this feature. I like the Biotage bench top reactor. It is designed to handle being over pressurized. I have done this countless times. Just clean up the mess, that is contained, and your back in operation. Also if using the non microwave absorbing solvents, I would just add about 10 to 30 % of a suitable absorbing solvent as a co solvent. It heats a little slower but has always worked for me. DMF is usually my first go to.

Thanks,
Marty

On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:32 AM, Stuart, Ralph wrote:

>>> Microwave is a very robust and time efficient method of heating
>>> 3. Never do acid digestion especially mineral acids.
>
> I remember that about 15 years ago, processes for digesting environmental samples with nitric acid in a microwave were developed to replace digestions that used boiling perchloric acid in a fume hood. Has the thinking on this approach changed?
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> - Ralph
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> Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
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> Keene State College
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