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  • Temperature Chambers and Environmental Test Chambers

    Monday, April 20, 2009
    The best way to understand how a product or material will perform in the field or over time is to use a laboratory test chamber to model those conditions. This is done in one of two ways: the test chamber may model the conditions exactly as they are,... Read More

  • Do Your Work Cleanly With Gloveboxes

    Thursday, February 02, 2012
    Gloveboxes are used in laboratories across the sciences. This article will focus on the use of gloveboxes in the life sciences—especially in those laboratories housed in academic institutions, government institutions, biotechnology companies, and ... Read More

  • Guide to Purchasing a Rotary or Nitrogen Evaporator

    Thursday, September 06, 2012
    Evaporation systems have many industrial, medical, and basic science applications. Read More

  • Mercury Analyzers in the Laboratory

    Wednesday, March 20, 2013
    Mercury is a toxic element, harmful to the environment and poisonous to humans, even at very low levels. It is generated by industry, by burning fossil fuels and as a by-product of some bacteria. Read More

  • Spectrophotometers Overview

    Tuesday, April 23, 2013
    Spectrophotometers measure the amount of light of a specific wavelength that is absorbed by a sample. A spectrophotometer is used chiefly to measure the concentration of analytes in solutions, but is also used to characterize liquid and solid ... Read More

  • Portable XRF: Nondestructive Testing in Seconds

    Monday, July 01, 2013
    We are all familiar with X-rays, the short, highly energetic waves used by dentists to check for cavities, and by airport screeners to look for contraband. We experience fluorescence—the phenomenon by which something absorbs energy and in turn ... Read More

  • Particle Sizing Systems: Key to QC and Product Testing

    Thursday, September 05, 2013
    A particle size analyzer, also known as a particle sizer, is used to measure the sizes of particles in a sample. It can also determine distributions of particle sizes. Read More

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry—A Fundamental Thermal Analysis Tool

    Thursday, October 24, 2013
    A differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is a benchtop instrument used to determine thermodynamic transitions and heat capacities of a variety of substances. A small sample—typically 5–20 mg, around the size of the tip of a #2 pencil—is placed in ... Read More

  • Take Your Samples Around the World in an Environmental Test Chamber

    Monday, February 17, 2014
    Did you ever wonder just how would your dependable lab equipment—or your smartphone, for that matter—function in, say, Antarctica? Or even just blocks from your home or lab? How long would your smartphone or tablet last if it were accidentally left ... Read More

  • Environmental Monitoring, Protein Determination, and Quality Control: An Introduction to Nitrogen Analyzers

    Thursday, April 24, 2014
    Nitrogen is a common element, present in every living organism. It is vital to lifecycles and important in many industrial processes in its different forms. Organic nitrogen occurs in proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, urea, and many synthetic ... Read More

  • Lab Technology Face Off: ICP-AES vs. ICP-OES vs. ICP-MS

    Thursday, July 17, 2014
    The specificity of elemental analysis required and the laboratory budget are the biggest considerations in choosing an ICP-OES system over an ICP-MS system. The amount of samples to be tested per day, as well as regulatory testing standards and ... Read More

  • Profiling Particles

    Monday, September 07, 2015
    Imagine throwing a variety of marbles, nuts and bolts, children’s breakfast cereals and, oh, let’s say, ground-up asphalt into a big beaker. Then, mix this all together and shrink it down, making the pieces range in size from nanometers to ... Read More

  • Microbes Make or Break Foods

    Monday, February 08, 2016
    Microbes in food make most people think of contamination, and with good reason: the list of dangerous microbes that can turn up in food is long. Read More
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