Supel™ QuE
SUPELCO/55237-U - Citrate/Sodium Bicarbonate Tube, pk of 50
Synonym: QuEChERS; QuEChERS
Product Type: Equipment/Book
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| application(s) | food and beverages |
| centrifuge tube volume | 15 mL |
| composition | magnesium sulfate, 4 g |
| sodium bicarbonate, 5 g (Cat. No. S6014) | |
| sodium chloride, 1 g (Cat No. S7653) | |
| sodium citrate dibasic sesquihydrate, 0.5 g (Cat. No. 71635) | |
| sodium citrate tribasic dihydrate, 1 g (Cat. No. S4641) | |
| packaging | pk of 50 |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| separation technique | ion exchange |
| technique(s) | QuEChERS: suitable |
| 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. |
| General description: | Suitable for extracting ~10 g food/agricultural sample. The citrate is used to buffer the extraction to pH 5.0 - 5.5. At this pH, most acid and base labile pesticides are. The sodium bicarbonate is used to further stablize acid labile pesticides. |
| Legal Information: | Supel is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 41115712 |