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Use of Rotational Vane Rheometry to Solve Practical Problems

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Rheology is the study of the deformation of matter. A common definition is that rheology is the study of flow. Viscometry, in particular, is the measurement of viscosity or the resistance to flow. ... read more

Sediment Standard Reference Materials

Saturday, August 01, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, MD) issued a new series of Standard Reference Materials® (SRMs) targeting the ever-increasing list of potentially toxic ... read more

A Novel Approach to Particle Size Measurement in the Single-Nanometer Range

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Nanotechnology is pervasive, as evidenced by the abundance of information found in the latest scientific journals. What is nanotechnology? According to the National Nanotechnology Initiative, “a ... read more

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Historically, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measurements have focused on the analysis of materials as a function of an imposed temperature profile. However, most consumer products are subject to a... read more

Automating Sample Preparation in the Metals Laboratory

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Preparing samples for analysis is an extremely time-consuming task. In fact, sample preparation steps can easily take up more time in the laboratory than the actual analysis. With autosamplers on ... read more

New Developments in Weighing Technology That Meet the Needs of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Compliance Protocols

Saturday, August 01, 2009

One of the worst-case scenarios for a pharmaceutical laboratory is to have a government inspector close down the facility because it cannot provide regulatory compliance documentation, much less ... read more

A High-Performance, Fully Self-Contained, Rotational Viscometer

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Routine viscosity measurements of materials are important in most industrial processes such as mixing and pumping, spraying and coating, extrusion, laydown, and leveling. Typically, a rotational ... read more

Volume 41, Number 9

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Use of a Compact, High-Purity Water System in a Rockville, Maryland, Forensics Laboratory

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

When the Montgomery County Crime Laboratory in Rockville, MD, needed a high-purity water system for a new laboratory area, a compact system that would supply Type I water from tap-water feed was ... read more

Portable IR Analyzers: The Ideal Measurement Solution for Biofuels Blend Quality and Wastewater Testing

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Two challenges facing the biofuels industry involve compliance with blend quality standards and wastewater regulations. According to a study done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the chief... read more

ICP Spectrometry Coupled With a Separate Sampling and Excitation Accessory for Rapid Analysis of Impurities in Silver

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

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

Determination of Nitrobenzene in Water Using Ionic Liquid-Based Liquid-Phase Microextraction Coupled With HPLC

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Nitrobenzene is widely used as an intermediary in the chemical industry. The release of nitrobenzene into the environment is of great concern because of its toxicity, persistence, and accumulation ... read more

Automated, Economical Sample Preparation: Bottle Liquid–Liquid Extraction

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The extraction of organics from water is fundamental in environmental, pharmaceutical, process, food, forensic, and other laboratories. Nearly all laboratories that perform organic analyses are ... read more

Volume 41, Number 8

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Prediction of NOx Emissions in Boilers Using Neural Networks and Excel™

Thursday, June 18, 2009

In an attempt to demystify artificial neural networks (ANNs) and to set the tone of this paper, it is best to start by saying that ANNs are mathematical functions of the form y = f(x, w), where y is ... read more

Featured Products

Use of Rotational Vane Rheometry to Solve Practical Problems

Sediment Standard Reference Materials

A Novel Approach to Particle Size Measurement in the Single-Nanometer Range

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity

Automating Sample Preparation in the Metals Laboratory

New Developments in Weighing Technology That Meet the Needs of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Compliance Protocols

A High-Performance, Fully Self-Contained, Rotational Viscometer

Volume 41, Number 9

Use of a Compact, High-Purity Water System in a Rockville, Maryland, Forensics Laboratory

Portable IR Analyzers: The Ideal Measurement Solution for Biofuels Blend Quality and Wastewater Testing

ICP Spectrometry Coupled With a Separate Sampling and Excitation Accessory for Rapid Analysis of Impurities in Silver

Determination of Nitrobenzene in Water Using Ionic Liquid-Based Liquid-Phase Microextraction Coupled With HPLC

Automated, Economical Sample Preparation: Bottle Liquid–Liquid Extraction

Volume 41, Number 8

Prediction of NOx Emissions in Boilers Using Neural Networks and Excel™

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