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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
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
What’s New in Optical Spectroscopy at Pittcon® 2013?
Friday, May 10, 2013
Technical Article
Mark Fisher
Soon after the first spectrophotometer was built, the challenge of improving it began. How could we make spectrophotometers better? Could we make them smaller, faster, or perhaps improve the ... 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
Pittcon® 2012 Roundup of Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Monday, May 07, 2012
Technical Article
Jeffrey M. Perkel
This past March, some 15,754 people from 90 countries descended on Orlando, Florida, for the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon®). 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
A High-Precision Calibration Method for Spectrometers
Friday, April 08, 2011
Application Note
Edith Perret Tobias E. Balmer
Spectrometer calibration accuracy is of critical importance for many optical characterization techniques such as Raman spectroscopy and interferometry. 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
Increased Throughput in Method 8270 Analysis
Monday, January 01, 2007
Application Note
William D. Goodman Frank DeLorenzo
Method 8270 is a GC-MS method created by the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste for the analysis of semivolatile organics by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. read more
Automated Chemical Ionization in GC-MS
Monday, January 01, 2007
Application Note
Chris Sandy Jean-Francois Garnier Bernhard Rothweiler Fred Feyerherm Sihem Ben Mahmoud Harry F. Prest
Gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection using chemical ionization (CI) has demonstrated great utility in a wide variety of application areas ranging from forensics to environmental to ... read more