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  • Focus Sharpens on Miniature Optical Spectrometers at Pittcon®

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014
    Application Note
    Matt Wilkinson
    Optical spectroscopy often seems to be somewhat overlooked at Pittcon®, with much of the attention focusing on hyphenated technologies such as GC/MS or ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (... read more

  • Using Micro-XRF to Quantify Thickness and Composition of Thin-Film Solar Cells

    Wednesday, February 05, 2014
    Application Note
    Andrew Lee
    Thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) have developed into a highly efficient source of energy in solar cell technology, due to the reduction in semiconductor material required compared to traditional solar ... read more

  • Product Intelligence: Portable XRF: Nondestructive Testing in Seconds

    Friday, June 28, 2013
    Technical Article
    Josh P. Roberts
    Handheld or portable XRF instruments have a wide range of applications, from materials and alloy identification to detection of toxic substances and metals analysis. Recent innovations in XRF ... read more

  • Recent Developments in Sulfur Analysis

    Thursday, January 17, 2013
    Application Note
    Scott Fess
    Environmental concerns to limit and minimize sulfur in crude oil and petroleum fuels are continuing to spread to many regions of the world, requiring new standard test methods and modern ... read more

  • Pittcon® 2011 Exposition: New Product Introductions in Optical Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry

    Monday, May 09, 2011
    Technical Article
    George M. Frame II Eileen M. Skelly Frame
    Of the 979 exhibitors at Pittcon® 2011, held March 13–18 in Atlanta, GA, 115 were first-time exhibitors, and more than 200 identified themselves as having something to do with spectroscopy, from ... read more

  • General Laboratory Equipment: Innovation Showcase

    Monday, May 09, 2011
    Technical Article
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    Each year, manufacturers and distributors flesh out many innovations for the laboratory, ranging from simple accessories to large, more complex instrumentation. read more

  • Pittcon® 2011 Editors’ Awards: A Two-Way Tie for the Gold Award

    Friday, April 01, 2011
    Technical Article
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    Pittcon 2011 was held March 13–18, 2011 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. The exhibition displayed an assortment of laboratory products, including anything from small plastic ... read more

  • A New-Generation Microwave Digestion System

    Friday, January 28, 2011
    Application Note
    Carl Chan
    Since the laboratory microwave digestion system first became commercially available in the 1980s, sample preparation has become mainstream, and the preparation of samples for atomic spectroscopy has ... read more

  • Managing Laboratory Maintenance

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006
    Application Note
    L. Wayne Collins
    Other than personnel-related costs, maintenance is generally the most expensive item in the laboratory operating budget. read more

  • Multicapillary Columns for Chromatography

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Yuri P. Belov Marina M. Ulyanova Vladimir N. Sidelnikov
    The principles and theory of high-speed capillary chromatography have been known since the 1960s. To realize the maximum speed capabilities, it is necessary to use capillaries with a diameter of ... read more

  • Rapid Testing of Toxic Chemicals

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Application Note
    Nathalie Boucher Lucie Lorrain Marie-Eve Rouette Elisabeth Perron Nancy Déziel Louis Tessier François Bellemare
    The measurement of chlorophyll fluorescent signals from photosynthetic enzyme complexes (PEC) has becomeone of the most powerful indicators for ecophysiologists. read more

  • Miniaturized FTIR for Maximized Productivity

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Application Note
    Ken Fredeen John S. Seelenbinder Mark L. Norman
    In today’s fast-paced business environment, many companies are under pressure to improve their productivity. This is especially true in the pharmaceutical industry, where reducing time-to-market ... read more

  • LC-MS With Simultaneous Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Wayne P. Duncan Patrick D. Perkins
    Today, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (LC-ESI-MS) is increasingly being used as the technique of choice for high-throughput pharmaceutical analysis. read more
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