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3 Ways Fume Hoods Can Minimize Operational Exposure
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: There are risks associated with every kind of job, but when working with volatile or toxic chemicals, there is far more at stake. After years of working with chemicals, it's easy to let your guard ...
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A Guide to Source Water Monitoring
From: Real Tech, Inc.Description: The purpose of source water monitoring is to enable drinking water treatment facilities to identify changes in water quality, implement treatment strategies based on the characteristics of the water, ...
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Case Study: Liquid AI Helps Simplify Wastewater Management
From: Real Tech, Inc.Description: To ensure that the quality of their wastewater effluent doesn't violate permit limits, a gelatin manufacturer relies on Real Tech's wastewater monitoring system for online and real-time BOD, TSS, and ...
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Case Study: Nitrate Issues? No Problem with Reliable Monitoring & Solid Strategy
From: Real Tech, Inc.Description: The Village of Port Williams is a thriving agricultural community in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like many agricultural communities, long-term fertilizer application to the land has led to elevated levels of ...
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Organics Aren't Invisible: A Guide for Simple Online Monitoring
From: Real Tech, Inc.Description: Control of dissolved organics has been one of the highest priority concerns for most water treatment plants for over 20 years. Organics monitoring is an even more critical issue today in the face of ...
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What are Biological Safety Cabinets?
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: Biological safety cabinets are wonderful and important tools when working with pathogens. However, they can be pretty confusing to figure out. Between the various different Classes and Biosafety ...
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Cannabis Oil Extraction Chiller Presentation
From: inTEST Thermal SolutionsDescription: Cannabis ...
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Setting Up and Adjusting a Fluorescent Microscope for Reliable Examination Results
Description: Fluorescent microscopy is especially useful for cytodiagnostics - the microscopic examination of cells in body tissue or fluids - and provides insights into fundamental research, for example, the ...
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Laminar Flow Hood or Fume Hood?
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: Purchasing laboratory equipment can be a difficult task. Especially when there are interchangeable terms of products; laminar flow, clean bench, fume hood, laminar flow hood. After a few minutes of ...
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The Fight Against COVID-19
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous challenges to the healthcare world in 2020. The importance of preventing healthcare workers from exposure lead to a higher demand for testing capacity and ...
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Protecting Cell Environment: Keeping It Stable with CondoCell®
From: BakerDescription: In CRUK, Manchester, UK, the group of Dr. Debayan Mukherjee does in vitro research investigating the effects of radiation and hypoxia on the immune contexture. They use CondoCell® to transport ...
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Using Human Visual Perception to Guide Light & Color Measurement
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Photometry is the science of measuring light as it is perceived by the human eye, and colorimetry applies the same principles to measuring the different wavelengths of light based on how we perceive ...
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A PP2A-mediated Feedback Mechanism Controls Ca2+- Dependent NO Synthesis Under Physiological Oxygen
From: BakerDescription: Intracellular O2 is a key regulator of NO signaling, yet most invitro studies are conducted in atmospheric O2 levels, hyperoxic with respect to the physiologic milieu. We investigated NO signaling in ...
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Biological Safety Cabinets at UCSF: Working Together Toward a Cure for Neurodegenerative Disorders
From: BakerDescription: According to the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases website, the United States is facing an epidemic of dementia, with Alzheimer's disease affecting five million Americans. Close to half of the ...
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Heat Sources in a Biosafety Cabinet Compromise Experimental and User Protection
From: BakerDescription: A Biosafety Cabinet (BSC) is a ventilated enclosure that is an essential piece of lab equipment for many procedures. They are the primary source of contamination removal and prevention, and are ...
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Reduced SERCA Activity Underlies Dysregulation of Ca2+ Homeostasis Under Atmospheric O2 Levels
From: BakerDescription: Unregulated increases in cellular Ca2+ homeostasis are a hallmark of pathophysiological conditions and a key trigger of cell death. Endothelial cells cultured under physiologic O2 conditions (5% O2) ...
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Did You Know? 6 Essentials of Meeting NFPA 86
Description: selecting a solvent vapor monitoring system that meets the requirements of NFPA 86 codes ...
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How Do Industrial Gas Generators Work?
From: Titus Company (The)Description: Many facilities that consistently use nitrogen or oxygen will want to install a nitrogen or oxygen generator. But how do you make nitrogen and oxygen gas, and what are nitrogen and oxygen generators ...
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A Breakthrough for Rapid Screening: Be Among the First to Experiment with Restek Coated Blade Spray Technology!
From: RestekDescription: Rapid-screening workflows that once required complex, distinct, sample preparation methods and chromatographic separations are reduced to a few simple steps. And your most powerful analytical ...
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Advancements in Cell Therapy
From: BakerDescription: The company, Mesoblast are currently working to show that cell therapy is effective in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. ...
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GROW Workstation Restart Guide
From: BakerDescription: Restarting your workstation after an extended period of time ...
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SafeGARD Biosafety Restart Guide
From: BakerDescription: Restarting your workstation after an extended period of time ...
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PCR Fluorescence Analyzer Filter Kits
Description: Excitation, Emission, and Dichroic Filters for Fluorescence Imaging ...
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The Healing Power of Light: From UV Disinfection to Photodynamic Cancer Treatments
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Electromagnetic radiation from the sun--including both the visible light spectrum, and invisible wavelengths such as infrared and ultraviolet--is all around us. Recently scientists have found many ...
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100 Years of Experience in Comminution Now Also for the Cannabis Industry
Description: The answer: a precision standard for cannabis biomass milling, with optimized and proven methods from one of the world's oldest and most respected laboratory mill manufacturers. By ensuring far ...
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Introduction to Clean Benches
From: BakerDescription: Providing Additional Clean Room Technology ...
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Help! I Need to Shut Down My Biosafety Cabinet for an Extended Period of Time
From: BakerDescription: For Class II Type A2 "Recirculating" Biosafety Cabinets regardless of whether they are connected to a building exhaust system or not. ...
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Why are O2 Levels in Osteoarthritis Studies Important? Scientific Application Bulletin
From: BakerDescription: SCI-tive is a physiologically relevant, protected and controlled environment workstation for researchers that need a bit more space that can be, if desired, expanded to a multi-chamber GMP-level ...
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Combating COVID-19 with Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Bio-decontamination
From: VaisalaDescription: In January of 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization announced the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Clinical presentations of ...
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Case Study: Praxsym Finds a Convenient and Cost-effective Solution to Increased Filter Tuning Workload with Copper Mountain Technologies' Cobalt C1220
Description: After picking up a new project, Praxsym was spending around 48 hours a week tuning filters. They needed a new network analyzer to keep up with the increased workload. Through Copper Mountain ...
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Compact USB VNA Helps Deliver Cost-Effective Solutions to Telecom Industry
Description: With the M5065 2-port 6.5 GHz analyzer Integrity Microwave was able to identify a high-performance and reliable instrument tailored to their needs - with the right feature set for their component ...
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Mini Case Study: R60 1-Port VNA in Antenna Design Examination for Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan
Description: CMT's 1-Port Vector Network Analyzers have been recognized as a reliable VNA for evaluation of antennas designed and built by students and engineers. The R60 was recently accepted for Antenna Design ...
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Case Study: Sonomatic Uses Copper Mountain Technologies' R140 1-Port 14 GHz Analyzer to Validate Weld Integrity in HDPE
Description: Sonomatic performs a wide array of non-destructive tests on non-metallic materials such as fiberglass and polyethylene piping. These materials are used for gas, water, fracking, and additional areas ...
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Using Oxidation Ovens for Carbon Fiber Processing
Description: Harper International is a leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials and work from research scale to the stage of commercialization on full production line operations. Harper's ...
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PI Motion Platforms & Microscopy: Key Principles
Description: PI explores the key principles of motion platforms in advanced microscopy ...
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T1 E1 Frames Transmission and Data Monitoring Over T3 E3 Lines
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Welcome to our latest issue of GL Communications' newsletter providing information and insight into our enhanced T3 E3 analyzer to support T1 E1 frames transmission from within the software in ...
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Trane Case Study
From: Foam Supplies, Inc.Description: In pursuit of several major environmental and financial goals, employees at a Trane manufacturing site in Fort Smith, Arkansas set out to change processes regarding the foam needed for production of ...
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9 Points to Check Before Trusting Your Laser Microscope
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Scanning laser confocal microscopy (SLCM) has become a popular inspection tool in both research laboratories and manufacturing production lines. With a 405 nm laser light source, SLCM combines ...
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Using the Total Focusing Method to Improve Phased Array Ultrasonic Imaging
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: The nondestructive testing (NDT) industry is experiencing an important technological advancement, as total focusing method (TFM) capable inspection devices are making their entry into market. The TFM ...
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What Is a Digital Microscope?
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: If you’ve ever worked in a lab, you know an optical microscope uses an eyepiece and objective to magnify a small object. But as technology continues to advance, digital microscopes are ...
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Flamingo Light Sheet Microscopes Rely on Precision Motion Components from PI
Description: Precise Sample Positioning is Crucial for Conclusive Images ...
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System Configuration: Nanopositioning Stages for Inverted Microscopes
Description: How to Combine Motorized Stages, Piezo Stages and Sample Holders ...
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What is the function of diffusion?
From: PorexDescription: Diffusion is the process by which something gets distributed into a broader environment such as when a fragrance release product allows for a scent to be diffused into the air in a room. It is also an ...
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What is the function of filtration?
From: PorexDescription: Filtration is a process that happens all around us and even inside us. We enjoy drinking water that is filtered to remove solids and other impurities, and many manufacturing processes and products ...
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What is the function of venting?
From: PorexDescription: Venting processes are critical to the proper function of both high-tech, and low-tech devices that are used everyday. Whether to relieve pressure, allow for cooling, or protect contents from the ...
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What is the function of wicking?
From: PorexDescription: Wicking processes span all facets of everyday life. From garments designed to wick sweat, to marking pens that transfer ink to a surface, to devices that collect and test bodily fluids. The capillary ...
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Recalculating Route, er Control Limits
From: PQ SystemsDescription: My general answer to the question, "When should control limits be recalculated?" is rarely. There are very few cases where it is appropriate to review and change previously calculated control limits ...
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The Surprising Source of Variation and How to Reduce It
From: PQ SystemsDescription: The Surprising Source of Variation and How to Reduce It ...
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Catalytic Reforming Unit (CCR) Optimization
Description: This white paper uses the example of the catalytic reforming unit commonly found in a refinery to illustrate the options for using on-line analyzers to deliver useful, timely, and available process ...
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The Chemistry of Light & Color
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: To mark the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Elements, originally published in 1869, we explore how chemisty affects the colors we see, chemical properties of colored light, LEDs, and more. ...
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Why Super-Resolution Microscopy Benefits from Piezo Technology
Description: Super-Resolution microscopy allows insights into intracellular processes and interactions at a molecular level. During the past two decades, advances in the field have led to significantly higher ...
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Analyzing Fractured Metal Surfaces with a Digital Microscope
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Fractography is an analytical technique used to determine the cause of fracturing in a metal structure. The method relies on the analysis of dimples and slips on the fracture's surface to determine ...
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Detecting Damage on a Drill Bit Edge Using a Digital Microscope
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Drill bits are widely used in industrial fields as a cutting tool. A drill bit is a thin spiral metal blade about 10 cm (3.9 in.) long. It is usually made of cemented carbide to resist wear and heat ...
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Inspecting Bonding Wires Using a Digital Microscope
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Semiconductors are manufactured using a precise process. One step is wire bonding, where electrodes on an integrated circuit are connected to lead frames using soldered gold, aluminum, and copper ...
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Measuring the Volume of Integrated Circuit Chipping After the Dicing Process Using a Digital Microscope
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing can be broken down into two processes-forming circuits on bare wafers and packaging. The circuit formation process begins with cylindrical pieces of semiconductor ...
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SPECTRO ARCOS delivers high-throughput agronomical analysis for Eurofins
Description: SPECTRO ARCOS Benefits u Advanced analysis of crops, grass, soil, silage, forage, manure, and more u Simultaneous sample testing for all elements of interest in 60 seconds u Maximized throughput u ...
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A Major Municipal Laboratory Reduces FOG Measurement Time from 24 Hours to 10 Minutes with Infrared Analysis
Description: A Major Municipal Laboratory's analysts regularly perform Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) measurements on wastewater samples from various industrial plants and apartment buildings. In the past, these ...
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Detection of Abnormal Wear Particles in Hydraulic Fluids via Electromagnetic Sensor and Particle Imaging Technologies
Description: Particle imaging, electromagnetic, ferrographic, and spectroscopic methods were used to evaluate hydraulic oil samples collected from machines known to be generating abnormal wear particles. ...
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Introduction to statistics for spectroscopy
Description: We send out a regular email newsletters and information. Please let us know if you would like us to contact you by email or not, by selecting one of the options below. When we take a spectroscopy ...
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Optimal Cast Iron Melt Controls with OES
Description: Approximately 20,000 foundries worldwide produce cast iron. The exact chemical composition of the alloy being manufactured needs to be checked throughout the melt process to ensure the quality of the ...
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What is the function of application?
From: PorexDescription: Seemingly basic designs require a sophisticated interplay between different types of porous material components - each performing different functions - in order to produce a dependable system for ...
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Convergence Instruments' Solution Supports Community Effort in Silicon Valley
From: Convergence InstrumentsDescription: residents from Silicon Valley would like to see a cost-effective noise monitoring solution that could easily be replicated around the country. After researching and testing multiple approaches for a ...
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XYZ Robot for Pipetting Applications - release
From: IntelLiDrives, Inc.Description: Manual pipetting is a time-consuming process that can lead to repetitive stress injuries. Automatic pipetting involves the use of robots to perform this type of tedious bench work, allowing scientists ...
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Foodstuff production
Description: FOODSTUFF PRODUCTION - A CULTURE OF CONTRADICTIONS? ...
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Magneto-Pneumatic Oxygen Analyzer - The Forgotten Oxygen Measurement Solution
Description: This paper will discuss the magneto-pneumatic oxygen measurement principle, especially in comparison to the classical paramagnetic as well as the TDL approaches. Examples of applications will also be ...
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On-line Monitoring of Selected Chemicals in Surface Water - A Case Study of Challenges and Experiences
Description: This paper describes the task and system configuration of an analytical system utilizing process gas chromatography that is continuously measuring more than 60 chemicals in surface water. It is used ...
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Archimedes & the History of Density Testing
Description: The first recorded application of density measurement was for fraud detection. The density measurement concept then expanded to encompass determination of material composition and assessment of ...
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Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Description: Anguil Environmental Systems received a request to quote an oxidizer and packed tower air stripper to treat a 65 gallon per minute water stream containing significant concentrations of Diesel Range ...
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Determination of grease content for water quality monitoring using the MQC23
From: Oxford InstrumentsDescription: The measurement of grease content in waste water is a crucial parameter in water quality control and environmental monitoring performed by water suppliers' laboratories and environmental authorities. ...
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Four Questions to Guide Your Laboratory Centrifuge Selection
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: A centrifuge is an integral component of a laboratory and is critical to the success of analysis. However, choosing the correct centrifuge for a particular application can be a daunting task. ...
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Kinematic Carrying Platform for an X-Ray Spectrometer: Q & A with Dr. Markus Simon
Description: Dr. Markus Simon, head of the PI miCos beamline instrumentation group explains a special double hexapod PKM system designed for synchrotron x-ray spectroscopy, for complex material testing and ...
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Flow Test Correlation of Size & Flow
From: Accu-GlassDescription: A customer needs a flow restrictor but only knows what liquid flow rate is needed and what pressure they will be using. Accu-Glass will develop custom Microbore glass flow restrictors with an inside ...
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Interface Detection and Level Control in Separators
Description: Separators are processing units that are used to separate water (aqueous phase) and an immiscible (nonmixing) liquid (non aqueous phase). Separators are used in a variety of industries: - chemical ...
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Does this Glass Pass? Using XRF to Screen for Ceramic and Lead Contaminants
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: [This paper] discusses the techniques, drawbacks, and benefits of recycling glass and ceramic glass. Handheld X-ray fluorescence analyzers are widely used since they can provide material chemistry ...
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Handheld XRF Analyzers Enhance Mineral Exploration and Grade Control of Nickel Sulphides
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Olympus portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyzers provide real-time geochemical data for rapid multi-element characterization of soils, rocks, ores, concentrates, and tailings. Recent advances in ...
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History in a New Light, the Role of Light Microscopy in Cultural Heritage
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: As an analytical technique, light microscopy provides unique insights across many areas of historical materials, from discovering an artifact's history to understanding the best course of action for ...
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Portable XRF and Coal for Mineral Exploration, Grade Control, Blending & Processing
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Olympus portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyzers provide high-performance, real-time geochemical data for rapid multielement characterization of soils, rocks, and ores. Advances in pXRF technology ...
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Portable XRF for Gold (Au) and Au Pathfinders for Mineral Exploration and Ore Body Vectoring
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Olympus' X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers provide high-performance, real-time geochemical data for rapid multielement characterization of soil, rocks, and ores. Recent advances in XRF technology ...
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Using the HydroFORM for External Corrosion Mapping
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: The interior and exterior surfaces of carbon steel pipes tend to corrode over time, regardless of their environment. Regular inspection of this corrosion is required to assess and monitor pipe ...
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Vanta Handheld XRF Frequently Asked Questions
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Why did we create a new XRF analyzer? What's so special about it? Read this FAQ to get the answers to questions customers are asking about Vanta™ handheld XRF analyzers. ...
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X-ray Diffraction for Mineral Processing
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Knowing the mineralogical composition of ore is critical to pre-planning and optimizing processing operations and controlling costs associated with energy and chemical use. Identifying the mineral ...
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Tensile Strength
Description: Tensile strength is the critical value of metal transition from uniform plastic deformation to local concentrated plastic deformation, and also the maximum load-bearing capacity of metal under static ...
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Fabric / Textile Testing Project
Description: Textile materials are the most basic raw materials for industrial production. In order to understand the importance of the quality control of textile industry ...
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Gas Chromatography Applications
Description: Gas Chromatograph is mainly used in the analysis of oil extraction and refining, petrochemicals, fine chemicals, food safety, environmental protection, electronic high-purity gas industries, research ...
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CLASS II BSC: A USEFUL GUIDE TO FINDING THE APPROPRIATE PROTECTION LEVEL FOR YOUR RESEARCH
From: BakerDescription: With so much at stake, it is vital to understand the level of protection that is needed to keep you safe. ...
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Lead Cabinets White Paper
From: MarShieldDescription: Lead Lined Cabinets or Laboratory Furniture is designed for the safe storage of radioisotopes or radioactive materials inside the cabinet to ensure full protection of healthcare providers from harmful ...
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Benefits and Risks of Ultraviolet Radiation
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: Sterilization through the utilization of ultraviolet radiation has experienced an increase in popularity in the last decade. The industry has embraced this technology due to its convenience, safety, ...
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Facility and Engineering Controls Using USP 800 Guidelines
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: The focus of this article is to discuss the details for consideration of a good working design of a USP 800 compliant compounding lab ...
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Photonic Crystal Guided-Mode Resonance Sensors for Optical Diagnostics
From: MOXTEK, Inc.Description: Moxtek has achieved low cost, wafer-scale manufacturing of plasmonic, photonic crystal, and hybrid structures and is ready to support your production needs, from developmental projects through ...
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Plastmonic Nano-Dome Arrays for SERS
From: MOXTEK, Inc.Description: Moxtek has achieved low cost, wafer-scale manufacturing of plasmonic nano-dome arrays for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) applications, and is ready to support your production needs, from ...
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Purchasing New Versus Used Laboratory Equipment
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: The purchase decision of laboratory equipment should not be taken lightly or solely driven by price. This white paper provides insight into key consideration during the process of purchasing new or ...
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High Performance GaN Thermal Evaluation - Limitations of Infrared Microscopy
From: QorvoDescription: This paper addresses the limitations of infrared microscopy when used to measure high performance microwave GaN HEMT devices and MMICs. It will also describe Qorvo's integrated approach to thermal ...
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Do You Need an Automatic Tensiometer?
Description: Automatic surface tension tensiometers have capabilities to die for. For example they are one button operations, can track changes in surface tension over time, give indications of contact contact ...
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Missing the Point: Gage Variability and Operational Definitions
From: PQ SystemsDescription: The process of analyzing gage variability is often highly structured, involving an examination of the gages themselves for sensitivity to temperature changes, magnetic fields, and other factors. ...
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LAB GAS SERVERS Infographic
From: Proton OnSiteDescription: Facts and benefits of lab gas servers ...
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Large City Fleet Saves $2M Using Oil Analysis to Extend Oil Drain Intervals
Description: [O]il analysis can generate a fast return on investment for a municipality or other organization with a large fleet of vehicles and equipment. By accurately determining the condition both of the oil ...
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Living anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate controlled by metal-free phosphazene catalyst as observed by small-angle neutron scattering, gel permeation chromatography and UV-visible spectroscopy
From: StellarNet, Inc.Description: Phosphazene (PZN) catalyst, PZN catalyst coexisting with a co-catalyst 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) have been observed for the first time by small-angle neutron ...
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Miniaturized fluorescence detection system to remove background noise of the incident light using micro mirror and lens
From: World Star TechDescription: Miniaturized fluorescence detection system to remove background noise of the incident light using micro mirror and lens. Jun Moon Janga, Hyun .... green (532nm) pumped laser diode (Worldstar Tech.) ...
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Industrial Gas Analysis System for Perfluorocarbon (PFC) Gas Analysis
From: JASCODescription: PFC (Perfluorocarbon) gases such as CF3, C2F6, C4F8 and CHF3 are used as cleaning agents for dry-edging and CVD equipment, a critical process in the manufacturing of semiconductors. PFC gases are ...
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Brewing Industry - Dispersion of Beer Foam Head Retaining Agents
From: Silverson Machines, Inc.Description: Ingredients such as propylene glycol alginate (PGA) may be added to beer to stabilize the foam head and to aid resistance to breakdown of foam in the presence of detergent residues or grease on the ...