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About 30 years ago MACHEREY‑NAGEL designed and introduced CHROMABOND SPE cartridges containing silica-based adsorbents.

SPE is a form of digital (step-wise) chromatography designed to extract, partition, and / or adsorb one or more components from a liquid phase (sample) onto a stationary phase (adsorbent or resin). An adsorbed substance can be removed from the adsorbent by stepwise increase of elution strength of the eluent (step gradient technique).

SPE extends a chromatographic system’s lifetime, improves qualitative and quantitative analysis, and the demand placed on an analytical instrument is considerably lessened.


Catalog No. Product Net Price
MN730585 SPE adsorbents, LLE, SLE, CHROMABOND XTR + 100 filter elements (for 70 mL col.) Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE, SLE), packing material
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • XTR
  • Mode
  • SLE, Special application or diverse
  • Base material
  • Coarse-grained kieselguhr (also known as diatomaceous earth, hydromatrix, celite)
  • Surface chemistry
  • Kieselguhr (amorphous silica)
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Packing material for liquid-liquid extraction
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • Not available or proprietary
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • pH stability
  • 1.0–13.0
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730586 SPE adsorbents, LLE, SLE, CHROMABOND XTR + 50 filter elements (10 mm) Special offer 
Add to Cart
  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE, SLE), packing material
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • XTR
  • Mode
  • SLE, Special application or diverse
  • Base material
  • Coarse-grained kieselguhr (also known as diatomaceous earth, hydromatrix, celite)
  • Surface chemistry
  • Kieselguhr (amorphous silica)
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Packing material for liquid-liquid extraction
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • Not available or proprietary
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • pH stability
  • 1.0–13.0
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN815710.5 LC packing material (adsorbents, bulk), Florisil Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • LC, packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • Florisil
  • Phase
  • Florisil
  • Mode
  • Normal phase (NP)
  • Base material
  • Magnesium silicate
  • Surface chemistry
  • Magnesium silicate (MgO – SiOH 15/85)
  • Endcapped
  • No
  • Selling unit
  • 1 kg, 5 kg
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Antibiotics, Chlorinated pesticides, Clean-up, LC packing material, Often used in SPE, Pesticide residues, Sex hormones, Steroids
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 150–250 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730595.5000 SPE adsorbents (bulk), LLE, SLE, CHROMABOND XTR Special offer 
Add to Cart
  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE, SLE), packing material
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • XTR
  • Mode
  • SLE, Special application or diverse
  • Base material
  • Coarse-grained kieselguhr (also known as diatomaceous earth, hydromatrix, celite)
  • Surface chemistry
  • Kieselguhr (amorphous silica)
  • Selling unit
  • 500 g, 1000 g, 5000 g
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Packing material for liquid-liquid extraction
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • Not available or proprietary
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • pH stability
  • 1.0–13.0
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730642 SPE adsorbents (bulk), CHROMABOND Alox A Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Solid phase extraction (SPE), packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • Alox A
  • Mode
  • Normal phase (NP)
  • Base material
  • Aluminum oxide
  • Surface chemistry
  • Aluminum oxide, acidic
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 60–150 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730640 SPE adsorbents (bulk), CHROMABOND Alox B Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Solid phase extraction (SPE), packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • Alox B
  • Mode
  • Normal phase (NP)
  • Base material
  • Aluminum oxide
  • Surface chemistry
  • Aluminum oxide, basic
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 60–150 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730641 SPE adsorbents (bulk), CHROMABOND Alox N Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Solid phase extraction (SPE), packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • Alox N
  • Mode
  • Normal phase (NP)
  • Base material
  • Aluminum oxide
  • Surface chemistry
  • Aluminum oxide, neutral
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Clean-up, Enrichment, Packing material, Sample preparation, Solid phase extraction, SPE applications
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 60–150 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730603 SPE adsorbents (bulk), CHROMABOND NH2 Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Solid phase extraction (SPE), packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • NH2
  • Mode
  • Normal phase (NP)
  • Base material
  • Silica gel
  • Surface chemistry
  • Aminopropyl (NH2) modified silica phase
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Clean-up, Enrichment, Packing material, Sample preparation, Solid phase extraction, SPE applications
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 45 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • pH stability
  • 2.0–8.0
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730609 SPE adsorbents (bulk), CHROMABOND SA Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Solid phase extraction (SPE), packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • SA
  • Mode
  • Ion exchange (IEX)
  • Base material
  • Silica gel
  • Surface chemistry
  • Silica gel with benzenesulfonic acid modification, strongly acidic cation exchanger (SCX)
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Clean-up, Enrichment, Packing material, Sample preparation, Solid phase extraction, SPE applications
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 45 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • pH stability
  • 2.0–8.0
  • Storage temperature
  • RT
MN730651 SPE adsorbents (bulk), CHROMABOND C4 Special offer 
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  • Hazardous material
  • No
  • Method
  • Solid phase extraction (SPE), packing material (adsorbent, bulk)
  • Brand
  • CHROMABOND
  • Phase
  • C4
  • Mode
  • Reversed phase (RP)
  • Base material
  • Silica gel
  • Surface chemistry
  • Butyl (C4) modified silica phase, not endcapped
  • Recommended application(s)
  • Clean-up, Enrichment, Packing material, Sample preparation, Solid phase extraction, SPE applications
  • Particle type
  • Fully porous particles (FPP)
  • Particle size
  • 45 µm
  • Particle shape
  • Irregular
  • pH stability
  • 2.0–8.0
  • Storage temperature
  • RT

Overview

Main steps of the SPE procedure

1) Conditioning

Conditioning of the adsorbent is necessary in order to ensure reproducible interaction with the analyte. Conditioning, also called solvation, results in a wetting of the adsorbent and thus produces an environment, which is suitable for adsorption of the analyte. Nonpolar adsorbents are usually conditioned with 2–3 column volumes of a solvent, which is miscible with water (methanol, THF, 2-propanol etc.), followed by the solvent in which the analyte is dissolved (pure matrix, e.g., water, buffer). Polar adsorbents are conditioned with nonpolar solvents. After the conditioning step the adsorbent bed must not run dry, because otherwise solvation is destroyed (deconditioning).


2) Sample application (adsorption)

Sample application can be performed with positive or negative pressure with a flow rate of ~3 mL/min. Sample volumes vary from a few mL up to liters.


3) Washing

Washing of the adsorbent is usually achieved with a special wash solution; however, in some cases it may not be necessary. If the polarity difference between wash solution and eluent is very large, or if both are not miscible, drying of the adsorbent bed after washing is recommended to improve elution and recovery.


4) Elution

Elution with a suitable eluent should not be too fast. The elution speed depends on the column or cartridge dimension and the quantity of adsorbent (about 1 mL/min).


Since analytes can either be adsorbed on the SPE packing material or directly flown through while the interfering substances are retained, two general separation procedures are possible – both cases are shown in the figure below.



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