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  • Sample Processing at Pittcon® 2014

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014
    Application Note
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The tenfold increase in speed for the analytics (GC, HPLC, and SFC [supercritical fluid chromatography], all with MS) over the last decade has shifted the choke point in many workflows from analytics ... read more
  • Awarding Innovation: The Pittcon® 2013 Editors’ Awards

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Marian Nardozzi
    Pittcon® offers many different award ceremonies for outstanding scientific achievement to members of the scientific community; however, there is only one award for innovations in instrumentation. The... 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
  • Microscopy + Spectroscopy: Pittcon® 2013 Celebrates the Power of Two

    Thursday, March 07, 2013
    Technical Article
    Barbara Foster
    The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ... read more
  • New Instrumentation and Applications at HPLC 2012

    Friday, August 10, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    A marketplace is usually dynamic, with a cross-current of disparate interests meeting to find mutual satisfaction. read more
  • New Products at Pittcon® 2011

    Thursday, March 10, 2011
    Application Note
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    The following includes some of the latest advances in laboratory instrumentation debuting at Pittcon® 2011. read more
  • Reliable and Effective Trace-Level Total Sulfur Determination Using New Injection and Combustion ...

    Thursday, February 26, 2009
    Application Note
    Rene van der Windt Arthur van Strien
    Total sulfur and nitrogen (TS/TN) levels are commonly used parameters in the petrochemical, natural gas, and oil refining industries, and the need for their determination is growing due to the ... read more
  • Take the Laboratory With You: Portable XRF

    Thursday, February 26, 2009
    Application Note
    Jeffrey Henseler
    Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) instruments perform nondestructive analysis of a wide range of elements with accuracy and precision. They are relatively inexpensive and are an excellent ... read more
  • Why Managed Maintenance is the HMO of Laboratory Instrumentation Repair and Maintenance

    Friday, February 20, 2009
    Application Note
    Mark Circo
    Our industry has undergone some dramatic changes in the past few years. Managed maintenance developed as a way for universities and large laboratories to save money on the annual maintenance of their ... read more
  • Application of UPLC Amino Acid Analysis Solution to Foods and Feeds

    Sunday, February 01, 2009
    Application Note
    Thomas E. Wheat Hillary B. Hewitson Diane M. Diehl
    Amino acid analysis has been used in the food and feed industries to verify and characterize materials and processes. The total amino acid content, as well as the proportions of growth-limiting amino ... read more
  • Analysis of Oxygenates in Gasoline by Multidimensional Gas Chromatography

    Sunday, February 01, 2009
    Application Note
    Takaaki Hiraoka Mikiko Asakawa Toyohito Wada Masanao Furukawa Yasunori Terai
    The quantitative measurement of oxygenated compounds such as alcohols and ethers in gasoline by gas chromatography is difficult, because a single column for the complete separation of the target ... read more
  • A GC Tool to Ensure Precise GC Column Installation for Method Sensitivity and Reproducibility

    Sunday, February 01, 2009
    Application Note
    Kory Kelly
    Correct and precise gas chromatography column installation is critical to system performance. Columns that are installed at an improper or inconsistent depth will adversely affect analyte response and... read more
  • Using Light Scattering to Characterize SiO2 Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries

    Sunday, February 01, 2009
    Technical Article
    Hui Ning
    Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries are typically colloidal dispersions of silicon dioxide (SiO2) in an acid or base solution. They are integral to the semiconductor industry, emerging as... read more
  • Solutions for Global Health and Well-Being

    Sunday, February 01, 2009
    Technical Article
    Sandra Rasmussen
    From investigating mercury-laden tuna sushi in Manhattan to high-profile recalls of contaminated toys and international concern over the quality of water and air in the 2008 Olympic Village, meeting ... read more
  • Fish-Related Standard Reference Materials

    Sunday, February 01, 2009
    Technical Article
    Michele Schantz Stephen A. Wise Steven J. Christopher W. Clay Davis Rusty D. Day Jennifer M. Keller John R. Kucklick Stephen E. Long Elizabeth A. Mackey David Point Barbara J. Porter Dianne L. Poster Katherine E. Sharpless Gregory C. Turk
    Humans have been eating fish for thousands of years, enjoying its nutritional benefits. In extreme cases, health risks posed by contaminants can outweigh the health benefits imparted by fish ... read more
  • Image-Based Cell Analysis in Microplates

    Friday, January 23, 2009
    Application Note
    Valerie Vincent
    Robert Hooke, a pioneer of microscope illumination techniques, looked through his compound microscope in 1665 and made the first image-based analysis of cells. 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
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