Title: sorbent-containing pipette tip
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - sorbent-containing pipette tip
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10257
Status: current

Definition
Disposable pipette tip with a small packed bed, disc, or monolithic plug of sorbent at its narrow end.Sorbent containing pipette tips in an array for use with a multiwall sample plate.

Notes
1) A typical design of sorbent-containing pipette device for high throughput sample processing is shown in the figure below.
2) A micropipettor is used to control sample processing steps. This arrangement facilitates the use of bidirectional flow (the cycling of sample and solvents across the sorbent bed in either direction) for sample processing.

Related Term
- sorbent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10163

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 517. 'Glossary of terms used in extraction (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 545 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0903)

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Citation: Citation: 'sorbent-containing pipette tip' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10257
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