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The use of microwave heating in hydrofluoric acid digestions for palynological preparations

1994/12/01 by Stephen Ellin, Duncan McLean
Energy · Environmental Science · #Coal and Coke Industries Research #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena #Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques

paper · doi:10.1080/01916122.1994.9989436

openalex publication_date 1994/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

The application of a commercially available, microwave digestion system to hydrofluoric acid digestion of rock samples for palynological analysis allows considerable savings of time, laboratory space, chemical costs and waste disposal costs. The system offers several advantages in terms of workplace safety and environmental hazard over existing rapid silicate digestion techniques.

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