Sample preparation method including cooling and cutting
OwnerGordon Rajendram, Geordie Burling-Claridgeinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the provision of a compound preparation method and apparatus which can be used to prepare a compound or sample for a further analytical or reactive process. Preferably the present invention may be adapted to cool the compound in question to increase its rigidity and to subsequently allow for the mechanical processing of the compound to render it into a plurality of particles or components of substantially the same size.
Claims19
1-20. (canceled)
A compound preparation method characterized by the steps of:
- cooling the compound to increase its rigidity, and
- mechanically processing the compound to render the compound into a plurality of particles or components of substantially the same size.
A compound preparation apparatus which includes a cooling means adapted to cool the compound to increase the compound's rigidity, and a mechanical processing means adapted to mechanically process the compound to render the compound into a plurality of components of substantially the same size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.