Lab Equipment and Scientific Instruments Reference Materials

Description: The question being addressed is: "What is the best detector to use for non-aluminum metal and alloy identification, an SDD or a PIN detector?" This paper shows that both a PIN and a SDD detector are ...

Description: The question being addressed is: "What is the best detector to use for non-aluminum metal and alloy identification, an SDD or a PIN detector?" This paper shows that both a PIN and a SDD detector are ...

Description: The question being addressed is: "What is the best detector to use for non-aluminum metal and alloy identification, an SDD or a PIN detector?" This paper shows that both a PIN and a SDD detector are ...

Description: Even animal feed is sold with a declaration about its contents. For quality assurance those substances of contents are continually examined. Utilized were the following FRITSCH instruments for the ...

Description: When consuming our cutlets we do not think about the unappetizing by-products which evolve during the meat production. ...

Description: New ideas are necessary for the production of renewable energy sources and for the sample preparation a Planetary Ball Mill. ...

Description: Maize kernels, dressed, prepared as seeds, are subject to testing in regards to possible contents of genetically modified organisms (GMO). The necessity arises to test the seeds for possible ...

Description: Many various different kinds of animal feed exist which differ in regards to each animal in composition, appearance and analysis. Nevertheless exact guidelines for its contents in regards to minerals, ...

Description: Packaging in all variations is an indispensable part of today's society. So it is implicit that almost every sold product is packaged. The materials from which the packaging is made are often viewed ...

Description: Pesticides in the broader sense are considered all crop protection products and all other pesticides. These substances are applied directly onto the plant and also pass through soil along with ...

Description: Selecting a cleanroom for a new process. There are many considerations - ments will help make the decision-making process easier. Rules mandated by government regulations, ISO guidelines or customer ...

Description: Aluminium is a versatile material widely used by many manufacturers, who purchase large quantities of it in the form of rods or sheets: so-called semifinished goods. Before being warehoused or ...

Description: Continuous on-line monitoring of oil concentration in produced water for discharge and process improvement has proven to be of great value if the monitors can be maintained. Without exception, ...

Description: Spectrascopic measurement conducted in vacuum environments range from reflection measurements during coating processes through high speed plasma monitoring during reaction. ...

Description: Glassware items are used throughout the laboratory industry. Pipettes, burettes, cylinders, flasks, beakers, test tubes and thermometers are just a few laboratory items which may be made out of glass. ...

Description: Optical emission spectroscopy is used to study and monitor the plasma etching of hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) thin films. ...

Description: The Problem: Long-term contamination of Uh river by waste motor oil, aircraft fuel, etc., being by-products of Russian army bases on Ukrainian part of the border. Slocakia needed to protect its rivers ...

Description: The Problem: Oil may spill out in the process of oil exploration & development, refining, storage and transportation and enter into open water environment like oceanic environment due to incident or ...

Description: Application Note: A Validated Method of Direct Analysis: 13 Trace Elements Determination in Tea Infusions using the Agilent 7700x ICP-MS with Integrated Sample Introducing System in Discrete Sampling ...

Description: New regulations by the European Union require labor atory testing for polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) when recyclin g or disposing old tar or asphalt from road plannings. ...

Description: Application Note: High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Pharmaceuticals in Water. ...

Description: Application Note: Phthalates Analysis in Toys Using Agilent 5977E GC/MS. ...

Description: Application Note: Rapid Analysis of Cyclosporine A, Everolimus, Sirolimus, and Tacrolimus Drugs in Whole Blood Using an Agilent Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS System with Automated Online Sample Cleanup. ...

Description: Application Note: Rapid Analysis of Mycophenolic Acid in Human Plasma Using an Agilent Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS System with Automated Online Sample Cleanup. ...

Description: Canopy versus Hard Connection Biological Safety Cabinet Exhaust ...

Description: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) are traditional parameters analyzed in the laboratory to determine organic matter in water and wastewater. Wastewater facility ...

Description: TOC Correlation Data ...

Description: An easy to understand presentation on the proper sequence of events to take when operating a biological safety cabinet from start up to shutdown. ...

Description: Human skin cell cultures are incubated at DIZG in BINDER incubators for clinical use ...

Description: Elemental contaminants in pharmaceuticals (heavy metals, metalloids) can have many origins. Any material or equipment used before, during and after the production, like raw materials, pharmaceutical ...

Description: Virtually every pharmaceutical or biopharma company we work with today is interested in minimizing the downtime associated with their validated equipment cleaning processes. They agree that this ...

Description: In 1996, the Oxidizable Substances Test was replaced with Total Organic Carbon (TOC) testing for purified water and water for injection. The rationale behind this change was that the century-old ...

Description: At 40 years old, Gallahue Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis has plenty of character and subtle nuances that left an impression of nostalgic collegiate academia. Unfortunately, the facility ...

Description: Maintaining clean air in a laboratory can be a herculean challenge - especially when students work on projects in chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, pharmacy and other heathcare-related fields. In ...

Description: Like most universities and colleges, Butler University in Indianapolis is working to improve energy efficiency, manage costs and provide safe environments - all while operating high-energy-demand ...

Description: Fume hoods are a central component in any lab and, knowing that the existing structure did not have the exhaust capacity to accommodate the number of traditional fume hoods the curriculum demanded, ...

Description: The University has created exciting new laboratory space in the Chemistry Department to teach organic chemistry this fall. An especially novel feature of the new lab is the incorporation of designed ...

Description: On April 1, 2012, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) published the removal of the legacy Oxidizable Substance Test for the water monographs, Sterile Water for Injection (WFI), Sterile Purified Water ...

Description: Biofuel like biodiesel, plant oil, ethanol, bio methane or the synthetic biomass- to- liquid (BtL)- fuels everyone is talking about them. They are at present the only renewable alternative in the ...

Description: Concrete is a complex material, which its characteristics due to its composition and as a result of the systematic addition of additives can be adjusted very differentiated. However, this results in ...

Description: One of the most significant fields of application for FRITSCH Planetary Mills is mechanochemistry. This subject is in theory, as well as in practice very wide-ranging and versatile. In the article you ...

Description: Routine quality inspections of nuts in production and trade are subject to clear regulatory requirements. The following article contains compact information about the requirements, as well as aspects ...

Description: Traditional cleaning validation and verification approaches tend to focus on complex limits equations, inefficient recovery studies, costly product-specific method development, "pass/fail" ...

Description: Implementing or driving a cleaning validation project can be a "roller coaster" of emotions and challenges. Here's an annotated graph of what it's like to drive a cleaning validation project when ...

Description: Sand is a common unconsolidated sedimentary rock. The mineral composition varies. The analytical evaluation of the chemical composition and therefore the aptness for the intended uses make the ...

Description: Mixed were solid with solid substances, solid with liquid substances and liquids with solids. As solid phases mostly fine powders are used, which during the mixing process should not be further ...

Description: Mammalian cell cultures have been around for decades-but they definitely aren't going anywhere. They are increasingly valuable in drug development, for which the pharma industry is turning to ...

Description: The glass used in buildings plays a key role in keeping the building energy effi cient. Similar to walls and ceilings being insulated, glass can be coated to alter the refl ectivity of infrared (IR) ...

Description: Buildings around the world are striving to become greener and more energy effi cient. While there are many aspects to building construction that enable 'green' capabilities, one area of consideration ...

Description: The glass used in buildings plays a key role in keeping the building energy effi cient. Similar to walls and ceilings being insulated, glass can be coated to alter the refl ectivity of infrared (IR) ...

Description: The EZ Access Falling Stream Flow Cell - Compatible with TD-4100 and TD-4100XD. Â The EZ Access Falling Stream Flow Cell = Easy access for easy cleaning and easy optical filter change for application ...

Description: TEST OBJECTIVE: A test was set up in accordance with NIOSH Test Method 7903 to test for airborne concentrations of inorganic acids, in this case HCl. The test objective was to determine the ...

Description: An efficient sample preparation for fast, reliable and reproducible analyses results is becoming nowadays increasingly more important. Especially in the food industry is an exact sample preparation as ...

Description: Using a process capability approach based on historical or current total organic carbon (TOC) data for swab and rinse samples can demonstrate whether the cleaning process and the limits used for this ...

Description: A leading pharmaceutical manufacturer with high production demands faced cleaning validation challenges. This company's mature, validated production facility was expanding the amount of products they ...

Description: TD-4100 Oil in Water Monitors for Hydroelectric Dam Sumps Hydroelectric Dams produce electric power via the force of the water flowing through the dam. ...

Description: CARS (Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) microscopy is a dye-free method which images structures by displaying the characteristic intrinsic vibrational contrast of their molecules ...

Description: A number of water plants have bailed out of the network, citing money woes, in addition to St. Clair, including Port Huron, East China and New Baltimore. The result is that area residents are more at ...

Description: The use of total organic carbon (TOC) in cleaning validation has become a widespread best practice throughout the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical method designed to verify the performance of ...

Description: The goal of any cleaning validation program is to reduce the opportunity for product contamination or compound carryover that may be present on the production equipment. The validation of this type of ...

Description: Interest in Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis as a non-specific method for cleaning validation has grown considerably during the past decades because specific analytical testing, like High ...

Description: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its international equivalents, have stipulated longstanding regulations designed to serve the public with respect to controlling the strength, ...

Description: Pharmaceutical drug manufacturers looking for gains in quality and efficiency have led to a growing interest in using Sievers* Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzers for cleaning validation. Most ...

Description: Corrosion in boiler systems can quickly result in tube failure and plant shutdown. A properly-operating deaerator and an appropriate chemical program will greatly extend boiler life by addressing ...

Description: The monitoring, control, and optimization of organics in these applications are generally done using the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) method. The challenge then becomes finding a robust TOC analyzer ...

Description: The Sievers* 900 and 5310 C Series TOC Analyzers incorporate a number of new features and options designed toimprove the accuracy and linearity of the TOC measurements. Three new calibration options ...

Description: OCWD prides itself in not only using a cutting edge treatment system, but also utilizing analytical equipment to ensure the water being reintroduced into the ground is the highest quality. Monitoring ...

Description: As many municipalities strive to balance regulations set forth in the USEPA's Safe Drinking Water Act, they are growing more concerned about how to reduce spending in their plant treatment processes. ...

Description: TOC, an operator tool, spans a wide variety of applications, and is widely thought of as a tool to help a utility comply with DBP regulations, but it also assists with cost savings from optimizing a ...

Description: During the flooding, the Cobb County - Marietta Water Authority realized the importance of knowing more than just the turbidity levels in their source water. By identifying TOC values, the plant was ...

Description: Since purchasing the instruments, STS has successfully validated the Sievers InnovOx TOC Analyzers to the requirements of the Environment Agency's MCerts scheme for waste water analysis and the ...

Description: The food and beverage industry uses extraordinarily large amounts of water within their manufacturing processes. Water can be used as an ingredient, a cleaning solvent, and as a utility, such as for ...

Description: Heat a nanoparticle solution to get it to increase at least 40 ºC for medical research/laboratory testing... ...

Description: The first instrument requirement for the total organic carbon test detailed by the Japanese Pharmacopeia (JP) in the General Tests section <2.59> specifies that the instrument be capable of measuring ...

Description: High-Speed tracking of several particles allows measuring dynamic long-range interactions relevant to biotechnology and colloidal physics. In this paper we extend the successful technique of 3D ...

Description: The image quality of a two-photon microscope is often degraded by wavefront aberrations induced by the specimen. We demonstrate here that resolution and signal size in two-photon microcopy can be ...

Description: Red blood cells are amazingly deformable structures able to recover their initial shape even after large deformations as when passing through tight blood capillaries. The reason for this exceptional ...

Description: The mass spectrometer was used to prove the superior thermal stability, during methane partial oxidation Figure 1, of an innovative embedded Rh@Al2O3 catalyst with respect to conventional impregnated ...

Description: Harper discusses key considerations to ensure technical and commercial success when scaling advanced materials from thimbles to tonnes. ...

Description: One of the crucial tasks of a research scientist is reporting and communicating about his work. This is vital for cutting edge research; it is crucial to gain insights from other experts, to get a ...

Description: There are a few tips that you should keep in mind when cleaning any ESD-safe wear. ...

Description: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the auto formalin decontamination process as stated by Nuaire can effectively deactivate Bacterial Indicator (BI) strips of B. Atrophaeus at a ...

Description: APPLICATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING/Boiler Feedwater, Condensate Return & Make-up Water ...

Description: APPLICATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING/COOLING TOWER/COOLING WATER ...

Description: APPLICATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING/DRINKING WATER ...

Description: APPLICATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING/POWER GENERATION ...

Description: During the past number of years, wastewater treatment has become sophisticated, employing various efficient treatment strategies, which require advanced instrumentation to monitor & control such ...

Description: Metallography with Color and Contrast ...

Description: Heat a block of Haynes nickel alloy from 600 ºF (316 ºC) to 1600 ºF (871 ºC) in order to collect data on the crack growth rate for an aerospace application. ...

Description: NNew requirements for dietary supplements to be manufactured under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) regulations have created a need for methods to detect pesticides in these complex, ...

Description: Basic knowledge in optics and contrasting methods is fundamental for microscopic imaging. Setting up correct Koehler illumination improves image quality - the base for further image analysis. ...

Description: Background Older generation online oil-in-water (OiW) monitors may suffer from fouling of optics due to scales, soaps, emulsions, sludge, etc., resulting in inaccurate (usually low) concentrations. ...

Description: In 2011, almost three times as many US FDA warning letters and FDA Form 483s were issued to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers compared to 2010. The companies receiving these citations ...

Description: Concurrent solvent recondensation large volume splitless injection (CSR-LVSI) GC/MS is used here for analyzing pesticides and brominated flame retardants in drinking water based on EPA Method 527. ...

Description: Tyvek® is produced by bonding Olefin into a paper or fabric-like product.Probably the most important quality of Tyvek® is that it resists both water and air, but allows moisture vapor to ...

Description: Nowadays, the synthesis of nanomaterials becomes more and more important, since nano structured materials can assist anywhere in daily life. The application range reaches from paints/dyes, sunscreen, ...

Description: In the hydrometal process, the presence of "crud" is a constant challenge in solvent extraction. Crud is a stable emulsion which forms along the interface between the aqueous and organic phase. The ...

Description: The Branson Sonifier, an ultrasonic cell disruptor, is next in a long line of laboratory equipment that All-Spec Industries will provide for consumers. ...

Description: The regulatory pressure on OEMs to reduce engine emissions will continue to increase well beyond the current Euro 6, US 10 and Tier 4 criteria. Exhaust pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and ...

Description: Recent advances in the field of biotechnology combined with a wave of patented drugs patent expirations have led to a global shift of focus and priorities in pharmaceutical industry. While chemically ...