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Anna Klimek-Turek1, Kamila Jaglińska2, Magdalena Imbierowicz3
1Physical Chemistry Department, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 4A, 20-093 Lublin, Poland. anna.klimek@umlub.pl.
Abstract:
The new prototype device is applied to the Solvent Front Position Extraction (SFPE) sample preparation procedure. The mobile phase is deposited onto the chromatographic plate adsorbent layer by the pipette, which is moved, according to programmed movement path, by a 3D printer mechanism. The application of the prototype device to SFPE procedure leads to the increased repeatability of the results and significant reduction of the analysis time in comparison to the classical procedure of chromatogram development. Additionally, the new equipment allows use procedures that are not possible to run using the classic chromatogram development. In this paper, the results of manual and semi-automatic sample preparation with SFPE are compared and the possible application of this prototype device is discussed.
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