3000w Ultrasonic homogenizer for Ultrasonic Graphene Dispersion with titanium horn

3000w Ultrasonic homogenizer for Ultrasonic Graphene Dispersion with titanium horn

Description

Ultrasonic energy, broadly defined as sound above the range of human hearing (approximately 20,000 cycles/s or 20 kHz), can be used in several ways during the production of cannabis to ensure that the product is of the highest quality. In addition to providing a tutorial on how ultrasonic equipment works, this article describes how the equipment is applied in laboratory practices and manufacturing. Examples include extraction procedures, cleaning ion targets in mass spectrometers, preparing oil emulsions for edible or drinkable products, degassing oil (removing trapped air) to maintain stable oil volume during selling, degassing high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) solvents, bubbling off ethanol before oil distillation, and removing gums and waxes from glassware used in production.

Ultrasonic energy is a proven technique to achieve fast, safe extraction. For example, it is a method often specified in United States Pharmacopeia (USP) monographs to extract active pharmaceutical ingredients from carriers for content uniformity and potency assay tests.

In cannabis production, most regulated markets require all cannabis products to be tested for efficacy (active ingredients, such as cannabinoids and terpenoids), as well as for contaminants (such as pesticides, mycotoxins, heavy metals, microbes, and residual solvents).

Cannabis products include plant material (mostly flowers and trimmed leaves), concentrated extracted essential oils (concentrates, waxes, and oils), and infused products (edibles such as candies, chocolates, baked goods, transdermal patches, suppositories, and beverages).

Clearly, accurate test results depend on efficient, reproducible extraction from these often complex matrices, and sonication is one way many cannabis laboratories seek to achieve those goals. Sonication is valuable because it deposits energy into the solvent–matrix system, effectively speeding the process of extraction and dissolution.

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