Grant: Engage Grants Program
Brock University
$25,000.00
A new approach in using microwave process as an alternative to acid digestion
FY 2017-18
Summary
E3 laboratories Inc. is an environmental and ecological service provider located in Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON.They provide a variety of services including compositional analysis of metals, inorganics, organics andmicrobiology in water, wastewater, soil and air. As part of their sample processing protocol for quantificationof metals, an acid digestion method is required. This process involves the dissolution of elements using strongacids and extremely high temperatures over extended periods of time. Here, we propose to develop amicrowave-assisted acid digestion protocol to expedite sample processing. This will be achieved by evaluatingthe ability of different exposure times and microwave energy levels to accelerate the sample heating process.Other considerations include the amounts of sample and acid used to optimize the reaction conditions.
Program
Engage Grants Program
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
515812-2017
Name nom
Razavi, Fereidoon
Department département
Physics
Organization id
22
Institution établissement
Brock University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1553
Committee name en
Ontario Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour l'Ontario
Area of application code
1208
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Materials sciences
Area of application fr
Sciences des matériaux
Research subject code
2002
Research subject group en
Materials science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Research subject en
Materials processing
Research subject fr
Transformation des matériaux
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
A new approach in using microwave process as an alternative to acid digestion
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
E3 laboratories Inc. is an environmental and ecological service provider located in Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON.They provide a variety of services including compositional analysis of metals, inorganics, organics andmicrobiology in water, wastewater, soil and air. As part of their sample processing protocol for quantificationof metals, an acid digestion method is required. This process involves the dissolution of elements using strongacids and extremely high temperatures over extended periods of time. Here, we propose to develop amicrowave-assisted acid digestion protocol to expedite sample processing. This will be achieved by evaluatingthe ability of different exposure times and microwave energy levels to accelerate the sample heating process.Other considerations include the amounts of sample and acid used to optimize the reaction conditions.
