1776-1800 of 2030 Resource Library
1776-1800 of 2030 Resource Library
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Introduction One of the major challenges in the mining industry occurs early on the in the exploration phase, when determining where to dig. To establish if an area as viable, drilling and sample collection ensues at high volumes, necessitating rapid, …
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Introduction Fortified breakfast cereals are an important source of nutrition for children, and consumers have come to expect high quality from a variety of cereals and continue to select fortified products over non-fortified products in the …
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Introduction Consumers select fruit juice because it is a tasty, convenient beverage and generally understood to be a more nutritious alternative to carbonated beverages. For 100% juice products, the nutrition content of the original fruit itself is …
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Introduction With an increased focus on healthy living and the consumption of healthy foods, interest in the nutritional quality of the fruit we consume has become more important. When fresh fruit is not available, dried fruit is often substituted, and …
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Introduction To meet the demands of complex petrochemical testing, our new Clarus® 590 and 690 gas chromatography (GC) instruments are preconfigured to provide a turnkey solution for a wide range of applications, including Simulated Distillation. We …
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Introduction Milk is an important source of nutrients, mainly for children. Because of its importance, milk is available in several different forms, most commonly as fresh, but it is also available in nonperishable forms (such as powdered and …
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Introduction Drugs of abuse, which can trigger the user’s central nervous system and induce an altered state of mind, can be divided into different types, including stimulants such as cocaine, psychoactive substances such as LSD (lysergic acid …
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Introduction Ginseng has been used as an herbal medicine in Asia for over two thousand years for its purported various health benefits, including antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, antiinflammatory, antihypertensive and anti-diabetic. The pharmacologically …
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Introduction This application note presents a fast and robust liquid chromatography method to simultaneously test nine widely used additives. Among the additives tested are: preservatives (benzoic acid, sorbic acid, dehydroacetic acid and …
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Introduction Validated worldwide industry standard and accepted method for detecting sprout damage in flour and meal of wheat, durum, rye, barley and other grains and malted cereals. Approved methods include: AACCI/No 56-81.03, ICC/No. 107/1, ISO/DIS …
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Introduction Mid-infrared (MIR) microscopy is a broadly employed chemical identification tool that is used to complement traditional light microscopy. In recent years we have seen an explosive growth in the applications of the FT-IR Imaging Microscope …
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Introduction Bottled water is marketed as being the clean and pure alternative to drinking tap water. However, there is increasing opposition to the use of single-use plastic bottles and the fact that they end up in the environment either as intact …
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Introduction Cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) has similarities with the better known cavity ringdown technique (CRDS) which measures the signal decay as a laser pulse emerges through one of the mirrors after successive reflections. By …
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Introduction Glycerol (or glycerin) is a colorless, odorless liquid that is generally safe for human exposure and consumption. It has many uses in the food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries due to its range of versatile properties allowing it …
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Introduction Olive oil is an increasingly popular food product worldwide, with global production exceeding 3.0 million tons in 2011 and showing steady annual growth. Despite these huge volumes, however, margins are relatively small in olive oil …
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Introduction This study describes the injection, separation, and identification of 16 drug compounds in less than 10 minutes using portable gas chromatograph-toroidal ion trap mass spectrometry (PerkinElmer, Torion T-9 Portable GC/MS) combined with a …
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the proximate analysis of two standard samples using the STA and show that the performance is easily able to allow this moderate cost, small profile and sturdy instrument to be used for this type …
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Introduction Infrared spectroscopy is particularly suitable for the identification of materials, even when the differences between the materials are subtle variations in complex mixtures. In this note we demonstrate that biodiesel from several common …
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Introduction BPA or bisphenol A is well known for its effect on human health and is a concern in two common polymers - PVC and Polycarbonate. BPA is used in PVC production as a polymerization inhibitor, however residual BPA monomers may remain after …
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Introduction Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is one of the members of the family of thermal analysis techniques used to characterize a wide variety of materials. TGA provides complimentary and supplementary characterization information to the most …
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Introduction The combination of Thermogravimetric Analysis with Infrared Spectroscopy (TG-IR) is the most common type of evolved gas analysis. Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) accurately measures the percentage weight loss of a sample as a function of …
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Introduction This work investigated the transfer of Ag and CuO nanoparticles from consumer products via simulated dermal contact by using textile wipes as a surrogate using PerkinElmer’s NexION® ICP-MS single particle analyzer with the unique Syngistix™ …
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Introduction Particle counting is becoming a more routine tool for lubricant condition monitoring and maintenance programs to better identify particles of certain sizes and concentrations that can contribute to machine failure. In-service oils and other …
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Introduction Ethanol is often utilized in commercial denatured fuel products to improve performance, and does not exhibit many of the environmentally dangerous characteristics of tetraethyl lead (TEL) and methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE). The primary …
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Introduction The production of electronic devices is a complex process that requires the use of ultra-pure chemicals during the manufacturing steps. High-purity-grade sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) is generally used for cleaning components and etching all …