“…Previously, ultrasonic radiation, a type of low frequency energy, was extensively studied for improving almost all sample preparation and pretreatment processes, including cleaning, degassing, digestion, leaching, crystallization, precipitation, and extraction (Shen, 2005;Zuo et al, 2008;Wang and Zuo, 2011). In this study, milk samples (5.0 mL) were first added to 1.0 mL of 10% (vol/vol) acetic acid and pretreated using ultrasonic irradiation generated by an ultrasound producer (model AS20500BDT with digital timer, heat and power control, Automatic Science Instrument, Tianjin, China) at 60°C for 30 min.…”