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  • Automated Separation of Micro-Grains in a Mixed Solid Sample

    Wednesday, April 13, 2016
    Application Note
    Steven M. Barnett Toshinori Maebayashi Satoshi Takeshima
    Areas such as industrial failure analysis, geology, geochronology and others that use solid-phase extraction, require accurate measurement of specific micro-grains, which are small particles mixed ... read more

  • Sample Prep for LC, GC, and SFC at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    At Pittcon® 2013, sample prep stood out as a major focus, perhaps because of the few advances in chromatography instrumentation. In addition, some sample preparation is spilling over into other ... read more

  • Product Intelligence: Solid Phase Extraction Systems

    Monday, February 25, 2013
    Technical Article
    Solid phase extraction, or SPE, is used to isolate pollutants in water and pesticides in food, isolate drugs in blood and tissue samples, and separate proteins from a mixture, among other applications... read more

  • Product Intelligence: Guide to Micromanipulators

    Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Technical Article
    Caitlin Smith
    As explained in this article, micromanipulators are used in a wide variety of applications in areas as varied as electrophysiology to reproductive biology. Purchasing considerations include type of ... read more

  • Increasing Throughput and Recoveries for Highly Particulate and Sediment Laden Aqueous Samples Using...

    Tuesday, October 09, 2012
    Application Note
    David Gallagher Michael Ebitson
    Samples that contain large amounts of sediment or particulates are difficult to extract using U.S. EPA Method 3535 (SPE, solid-phase extraction). While a standard 47-mm SPE disk is able to process a ... read more

  • Product Intelligence: Rheometry Buyers' Guide

    Sunday, January 01, 2012
    Technical Article
    Jeffrey M. Perkel
    This article is a valuable guide to choosing a rheometer including application, ease of use, configurability, viscosity range, and geometry type. Among the basic types discussed are a rotational ... read more

  • Focus on Columns and Consumables at Pittcon® 2011

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Columns, chemicals, and consumables (CCCs) account for more than 30% of the chromatography market. read more

  • Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 25—Calibration Summary

    Thursday, February 01, 2007
    Technical Article
    David Coleman Lynn Vanatta
    In a modern chemical-analysis laboratory, virtually all of the testing equipment must be calibrated periodically. read more

  • Centrifuge Safety and Security

    Thursday, February 01, 2007
    Application Note
    Tammy Goodman
    For laboratories around the world, increasing health and safety legislation requires that equipment be operated and maintained so that every step is taken to maximize safety and security. read more

  • Reagent-Free Ion Chromatography Systems With Eluent Regeneration: RFIC-ER Systems

    Thursday, February 01, 2007
    Application Note
    Yan Liu Zhongqing Lu Chris Pohl John Madden Navette Shirakawa
    Since the introduction of ion chromatography (IC) in 1975, Dionex Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA) has continued to improve the performance of IC systems while developing new capabilities for the determination ... read more

  • The Nanoliter Syringes

    Thursday, February 01, 2007
    Technical Article
    Andrew D. Sauter
    Following an informal collaboration with Affymax (Palo Alto, CA), Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA), and Chem-Space Associates (Pittsburgh, PA), studying electrospray ionization 1 (ESI), the ... read more

  • Microscopy is Moving On

    Friday, July 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Aubrey Lambert
    The basis for observations has not really changed in all the time that lenses have been used to magnify objects. read more
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