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title: Using the 6 mL cartridge adapter on the Biotage® Horizon 5000
description: With an adapter, a Biotage® Horizon 5000 system can also be used to extract samples for certain methods using a standard 6 mL SPE cartridge.
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# [Using the 6 mL cartridge adapter on the Biotage® Horizon 5000](https://www.biotage.com/literature/technical-note/using-6-ml-cartridge-adapter-biotage-horizon-5000)

 Written by [Biotage](https://www.biotage.com/literature/author/biotage) | Dec 6, 2025 2:30:00 AM

The Biotage® Horizon 5000 is already known for its flexibility extracting everything from clean to dirty samples automatically using solid phase extraction (SPE) disks. However, with a little-known adapter, a Horizon 5000 can also be used to extract samples for certain methods using a standard 6 mL SPE cartridge. 

Literature number: PPS635

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