Technology

ETN-12 EME

Technology Overview

Electromembrane Extraction (EME) and Liquid Membrane Extraction (LME)

are two sample preparation techniques that have some similar advantages.

Both are non-destructive, give pure sample extracts, are environmentally friendly and have the possibility of enrichment. Both techniques use a similar setup with an aqueous sample and an acceptor solution in separate vials, separated by a thin organic solvent layer known as the supported liquid membrane (SLM).

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Electromembrane Extraction (EME)

  • Exhibits faster extraction rates compared to LME, generally achieving higher extraction efficiencies.
  • Accommodates a wider range of analyte hydrophobicities.
  • Exclusively applicable to ionizable analytes.

Liquid Membrane Extraction (LME)

  • Conceptually simpler, making method development more straightforward.
  • Suitable for very weak acids, bases, and un-ionizable compounds.
  • More appropriate than EME for analytes that are highly susceptible to redox reactions.
Non destructive
Pure sample extracts
Environmentally friendly method
Enrichment possibility