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Speed-Vap® IV Evaporation System

The Speed-Vap IV is a modern evaporation system providing safe and simultaneous unattended evaporation of up to
nine pans of evaporating solvent for extractable hydrocarbons such as hexane oil and grease extractions generated
using methods such as US EPA 1664, ISO 11349:2010 or Standard Methods 5520. It can also be used to evaporate
solvents from extracted soil hydrocarbons and fats from foods. The system provides an important step in the
workflow while remaining independent, allowing for easy interaction with samples of varying evaporation rates. The
Speed-Vap IV can be used with the SPE-DEX® 1000/3000, SPE-DEX 4790 or other sources of volatile extracts. Features
of the Speed-Vap IV include:
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Can accommodate five or nine pans to match higher or lower solvent volumes, depending on the solid phase
extraction (SPE) disk size or extraction source
The 120-V version is NRTL safety approved and the 240-V version is further CE marked for sale in Europe,
having passed TUV CUE certification and EMC testing
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The evaporation temperature is adjustable from 20 C up to 60 C , allowing flexibility for a range of solvents
A vacuum generates a gentle flow of air over all samples, speeding the evaporation process by 25-50%
Timer and chime allow the analyst to walk away with confidence and return when needed to monitor the
final steps in evaporation

The Speed-Vap IV system comes in two models, one for 120V and one that can be used with 220-240V. One rack is
provided with the system and can be chosen to accommodate either 5 101-mm solvent pans or 9 70-mm pans. The
Speed-Vap IV can be combined with the in-line Solvent Trap® solvent recovery system to capture the solvent for
purification and reuse or proper disposal.
The Speed-Vap IV is an economical way to provide more efficiency for any laboratory requiring the gravimetric
measurement of hydrocarbons.
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