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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 number of high-profile cases concerning toys contaminated with heavy metals, such as cadmium, lead, and arsenic, have highlighted the importance of rigorous testing of toy product samples for toxic ... read more

Fast, direct, quantitative elemental analyses of solids that are difficult to digest are hallmarks of the DC Arc technique. The earliest DC Arc instruments relied on photographic plate detectors. ... read more

Silver is one of the oldest metals known to humanity and is still very important in minting, jewelry, and industry. Silver can be obtained from pure deposits and ores and, like other precious metals, ... read more

2008 marked the 25th anniversary of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). read more

The level of greenhouse gases such as CO2 is believed by scientists to have a dramatic, unfavorable impact on worldwide climate change. read more

Sample introduction has been a problem for analytical chemists for decades. In 1984, Richard Browner and Andrew Boorn went so far as to call sample introduction "The Achilles’ Heel of Atomic ... read more