Proper sample preparation is a key to advanced performance of any laboratory and it undermines the possibility of obtaining correct results from analytical measurements.

The training covers following topics:
- Fundamentals of the most frequently used liquid and solid sorptive techniques
- Headspace techniques
- Hands-on training

Duration: 4.5 working days / Maximum number of participants: 4

Detailed time schedule:

Day 1 – a.m. – Theoretical session Sample Preparation
Sample preparation techniques 1:
• Theoretical aspects of liquid sorptive methods
• Solvent extraction versus Accelerated solvent extraction
• Supercritical fluid extraction

Day 1 – p.m. – Practical session Sample Preparation
Experiments and demonstrations related to:
• Liquid extraction methods

Day 2 – a.m. – Theoretical session Sample Preparation
Sample preparation techniques 2:
• Solid phase extraction
• Solid phase micro extraction
• Twister TM

Day 2 – p.m. – Practical session Sample Preparation
Experiments and demonstrations related to:
• SPE, SPME

Day 3 – a.m. – Theoretical session Sample Preparation
Sample preparation techniques 3:
• Static and dynamic headspace
• Purge and trap / closed loop stripping

Day 3 – p.m. – Practical session Sample Preparation
Experiments and demonstrations related to:
• Headspace methods

Day 4 – a.m. – Theoretical session Sample Preparation
Sample preparation techniques 4:
• Other extraction methods (Soxhlet extraction, Ultrasonic, Adsorption techniques)
• Chemical and physical methods, fractionation by normal or reversed phase LC, size exclusion chromatography, etc.

Day 4 – p.m. – Practical session Sample Preparation
Experiments and demonstrations related to:
• Soxhlet extraction, fractionation by normal- or reversed-phase LC, size exclusion chromatography, etc.

Day 5 – a.m. – Theoretical session Sample Preparation
Sample preparation techniques 5:
General considerations at the development of sample preparation procedure for unknown samples