Leading the way in material characterization Micro Sample Collector (MSC) The MSC is a very useful tool used to collect a small amount of liquids or paste-like materials that are difficult to pick up using tweezers. ■ Features 1. Easy sampling of powdered samples The tip of the MSC is a micro coil (o.d.=0.3 mm, L=5 mm), which is made of deactivated micro coil and is retractable into the needle. By lightly touching or rubbing the material of interest with the coil, a sub-milligram of sample can be collected. Using tweezers, the micro coil alone can be used for sampling. Micro Sample Collectors The sample collected on the micro coil can be directly injected into GC if the sample is volatile, or the micro coil alone can be placed in a sample cup for pyrolysis if the sample is a polymeric material. Also a solvent extract from the micro coil can be analyzed by HPLC. The MSC is useful for other sample preparations required for your specific analytical purposes. Section stained by grease 3. Low cost and disposable The micro coil is disposable, but depending on analytical purposes it can be reused by cleaning with a solvent. Micro coil Sampling with Micro Sample Collector ■ Application Thermal desorption analysis GC inlet: 330ºC White powder-like material remained on cotton handkerchief was collected by gently touching the surface with the micro coil, followed by retracting the coil into the syringe needle. The MSC needle was then inserted into GC injector for analysis. The chromatogram shown on the left clearly shows the peak for thermally desorbed ibuprofen, a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug. Ref.: T. Kaneko, et al., “Development and Applications of a Sampling Device Using Micro Coil for GC”, Bunseki Kagaku (Japanese), 64, (2015) 363-369 • Product structure : Plastic syringe, needle, deactivated micro coil • Recommended instruments : Multi-functional Pyrolyzer, any GC with split/splitless injector Micro Sample Collector kit Micro Sample Collector: 5 ea., Micro coil S: 20 ea. Micro Sample Collector Micro Sample Collector: 5 ea. Micro coil S: 100 ea. (5 bottles of 20 ea.) * The stainless steel micro coil has been deactivated by forming a thin film of SiO2 on the coil surface using Frontier Labs proprietary multi-layer gradient deposition technology. The color of individual coils may vary but it poses no problem in quality. 4-16-20 Saikon, Koriyama, Fukushima, 963-8862 Japan Tel: 81-24-935-5100 Fax: 81-24-