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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Cem Corporation, Matthews, NC (US);
Michael J. Collins, Jr., Charlotte, NC (US);
Joseph J. Lambert, Charlotte, NC (US);
Matt Beard, Huntersville, NC (US);
Dwight D. Watkins, Monroe, NC (US);
Timothy A. Zawatsky, Matthews, NC (US);
Taylor M. Hostak, Charlotte, NC (US);
CEM Corporation, Matthews, NC (US);
Abstract
An instrument system for acid digestion is disclosed. The instrument includes a heating block, a reaction vessel formed of a polymer that is resistant to acid and other chemical attack at temperatures above 150° C. and that has a structure (thickness, etc.) sufficient to withstand pressures above atmospheric, a metal sleeve surrounding the polymeric reaction vessel, and an opening in the block that has a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the metal sleeve.