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Alan Jia

Are SPME fibres reusable? If yes, how many times?

David Goodman  Follow

The way we check the decline of the fiber with a model mixture is very usefull in order to decide when a fiber is too old and needs to be discarded. We have an automatic sampler (Gerstel coupled with GC-MS) and usually with DVB/CARB/PDMS or CARB/PDMS we used 50-60 times for Headspace-SPME determinations of VOC in polymer.

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Christopher Burgess  Follow

Indeed, they are reusable. In our experience can be reused more than 100 times without problems. It is a robust and simple technique for what you want to measure. Check my publication in my profile.

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Aphotic Sapian  Follow

SPME fibers can be used according to the manufacturer for 100 injections, but their use depends as mentioned before, the analytical matrix , temperature, and extraction mode , if headspace can reach up to 200 shots, but if Immersive much less .

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Charlie Rich, EV and Renewables Fanatic  Follow

Iwould use PA ones. I used for more than 200 injection without loose of activity. Another important thing is if you use acids to lower the pH. It strongly affects the fiber lasting.

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Chaim Israel  Follow

Absolutely, they are reusable. How many times will depend on the temperature of your injector, the nature of your analytes, etc. With the appropriate QA/QC protocol you will find out when the retention capability of your fiber starts to decline. 

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Cramer Beasly  Follow

With no handlig mistakes, for headspace analysis, using a PDMS fiber at least 100 extractions. I got once a PDMS working almost a year, almost all days. Other fibers are not so robust. The DVB/car/PDMS will be the best choive for bacterial volatiles however it wont last as much as a PDMS fiber. 

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Benjamin Gross  Follow

The SPME fibers are reusable if you want to analyze headspace volatiles from bacterial cultures by SPME-GC-MS. You could use only one fiber for 50-100 times. However, you have to be careful. The fibers are fragile.

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Craig Eckhoff  Follow

Yes SPME fibre are reusable but their capacity to sorb the analytes declined with time and number of injections. In order to test this change we make a test along time  with a model mixture of known volatile compounds in a non-volatil solvent.

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Annmarie Wilson  Follow

lt's better to dilute your culture samples before Head Space SPME procedure for long-term fiber using.

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BeachLover62  Follow

I use it several times between 100-120

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Bob Ramsey  Follow

With manual use, number of samples per fiber largely depends on analyst care and fatigue. With automated SPME we have experienced up to 1000 samples even with the more sensitive dvb/car/pdms fiber.

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