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The productive environmental laboratory

The productive environmental laboratory

How much can you save with automated sample preparation? In an exclusive white paper, Brad Meadow reports how BSK Labs meets common challenges such as comprehensive sample preparation using automated inline techniques. Such techniques with automated Inline Ultrafiltration being the most important have helped BSK labs save more than USD 30,000...
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The art of milling, the importance of correct sampling and dividing

The Art of Milling: the importance of correct sampling and dividing

A faultless and comparable analysis is closely linked to an accurate sample handling. Only a sample representative of the initial material can provide meaningful analysis results. Rotating dividers and rotary tube dividers are an important means to ensure the representativeness of a sample and thus the reproducibility of the analysis....
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Corrosion testing and pipeline protection in petrochemistry

Corrosion testing and pipeline protection in petrochemistry

Corrosion – a universal problem Corrosion is one of the main issues petrochemical industry has to tackle. Corrosion degrades the mechanical properties of metal surfaces, lowering their performances. Pipelines, for example, are affected by corrosion induced by environment around them, such as oil, hot temperatures, seawater and microbes. It has...
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Electrochemistry in the quality control of food and beverage packaging

Electrochemistry in the quality control of food and beverage packaging

The shelf life of foods and beverages depends to a great extent on the packaging material. Metals are ideally suited for this purpose, as they can be coated with different passivating food-grade layers. Nethertheless, electrochemical measurements such as impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are required to monitor the integrity of the sealing...
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Flexible analysis for the pharmaceutical industry

Flexible analysis for the pharmaceutical industry

Recent advances in IC applications make it a must for pharmaceutical solutions. Pharmaceutical manufacturing and solution analysis has always been a stronghold of HPLC instrumentation. While HPLC is still the most common technique seen in pharmaceutical laboratories, Ion Chromatography, as a sub-section of liquid chromatography is becoming a very important...
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Lithium, ensuring quality supply

Lithium, ensuring quality supply

Every advance in technology brings about new challenges. This is no different with the take-up of lithium batteries for solar-battery systems around the home, power storage farms or for electric cars. The strong demand for lithium-based batteries has led to lithium mining and processing growing at a rapid rate. Initially...
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Trace level speciation of toxic metals

Trace level speciation of toxic metals

Improve the analytical range of your MS and ICP/MS with an IC for speciation. Mass spectrometers and ICP/MS instruments provide trace level analysis of a wide range of metals and components. The limitation of these techniques arrives when analysing oxidation states of metals or compounds. The addition of ion chromatography...
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This application has been developed to determine all the common sulfur species, in exception of sulfate, via ion exchange chromatography. The aims of the application development have been achieved using perchlorate as a mobile phase and utilizing direct UV absorption as detection technique.

Sulfur speciation in mining leachates

Health and safety pressures are motivating the gold mining industry to develop a substitute to cyanide leaching processes. The drive is mainly based on the high toxicity of cyanide. The chemistry involved in the thiosulfate leaching process is more complex and less robust than the cyanide leaching process. It is,...
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To determine deficiencies in intestinal permeability, the lactulose/rhamnose (L/R) intestinal permeability test is widely used.

Verification on lactulose – rhamnose intestinal permeability in blood serum

To determine deficiencies in intestinal permeability, the lactulose/rhamnose (L/R) intestinal permeability test is widely used. This barrier function test is based on the comparison of intestinal permeation of a larger molecule with that of a smaller molecule by measuring the ratio of these molecules in the blood serum. The two...
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Salt evaporation pond

Determination of lithium, sodium and calcium in lithium ore processing samples via ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

The exploration and processing of lithium ores is gaining importance with the growing demand for lithium hydroxide. Lithium hydroxide is a key component in the manufacturing of rechargeable batteries for use in various applications including electric vehicles, home storage systems, power tools and consumer electronics. To ensure the efficiency for...
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Automatic determination of Ionic balance in seawater, brines and salt after the simultaneous analysis of anions and cations via ion chromatography

Automatic determination of Ionic balance in seawater, brines and salt after the simultaneous analysis of anions and cations via ion chromatography

The aim is to set up a fully automated system to monitor the main inorganic components in brine for the production of salt extracted from the sea by solar evaporation. Brine management is critical for controlling and maintaining the quality of brine at each stage of production. The first stage...
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Iodine is an essential trace element for humans development.

Determination of iodide in milk and milk powder via ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection applying in-line stopped flow dialysis

The objective of this study was to develop and validate a fast and reliable method for the quantification of low-level iodide in milk. Limited sample preparation requirements was an additional desire to ensure short turnaround time for results. Many of the analytical techniques such as IC and ICP require purification...
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