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  • Comparative QC Test Methods for Toothpaste Consistency

    Tuesday, September 27, 2016
    Application Note
    Robert McGregor
    Important quantitative data can be obtained in the study of viscosity by measuring the consistency of toothpaste, i.e., thickness, ease of handling and ability to retain position, and observing the ... read more

  • How Do You Evaluate “Flowability”? Buttermilk Ranch vs Blue Cheese

    Monday, November 24, 2014
    Application Note
    Robert G. McGregor Eric Chiang Stephanie Shepard
    A common request from food manufacturers is to come up with a faster and more definitive test for flowability of salad dressings. read more

  • Advances in Gas Chromatography Instrumentation at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The buzzwords for Pittcon® 2013 in gas chromatography instrumentation were “smaller,” “portable,” and “helium.” Despite the fact that some of the major vendors did not exhibit, others were on hand ... read more

  • Advances in Mass Spectrometry at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Brian Musselman
    This has been a busy year for mass spectrometry companies and with the Triennial International Conference on Mass Spectrometry occurring last fall. This year at Pittcon®, several new high-end mass ... read more

  • Person-Portable GC-MS for Rapid On-Site Environmental Screening of Contaminants in Drinking Water

    Tuesday, July 31, 2012
    Application Note
    Tiffany C. Wirth Jakob B. Later Joseph L. Oliphant Edgar D. Lee Douglas W. Later
    Trihalomethanes (THMs) are formed when chlorine and other disinfectants are used to clean drinking water. At certain concentrations they are considered an environmental pollutant and are carcinogenic.... read more

  • Focus on Separation Science at Pittcon® 2012: Advances in Gas Chromatography

    Monday, May 07, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    For gas chromatography (GC), the big news at Pittcon® 2012 was the absence of Agilent and PerkinElmer. This was a consequence of an overall downsizing caused by the “six-year effect” where the cycles ... read more

  • Optimizing Value With New Lab Technology

    Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    Application Note
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The upcoming year promises to be busy and exciting for early adopters of laboratory technology. read more

  • High-Content Analysis Comes Full Circle in Only Eight Years

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    In eight short years, high-content analysis (HCA) has circled back to its roots, where many practitioners are again using personal instruments. read more

  • Providing Purge Gas for FTIR Systems

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    Technical Article
    Peter Froehlich Kim Myers
    While a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer provides a number of benefits relative to a scanning IR spectrophotometer,a significant disadvantage of an FTIR system is that the presence ... read more

  • The Double Life of Structured Fluids

    Sunday, August 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Neil Cunningham Bob McGregor
    The products we stir, pump, spread, pour, and spray are usually thought of as liquids. Surprisingly, however, it can be demonstrated that they live a quiet double life as liquids when observed,but ... read more

  • Food Texture Analysis

    Saturday, May 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Richard D. Brown
    Texture testing is a well-established technique for evaluating the mechanical and physical properties of raw ingredients, food structure, and designs, and for pre- and post-quality control checks. ... read more
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