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NEWS 1/2019

Hard x-ray for soft water

…binding force to the zeolite cage. Without free Ca2+ or Mg2+, the formation of lime is prevented. To ensure the best product quality for each target application, the elemental composition…

NEWS 1/2019

What’s in the water?

…substance that is strictly tested. However, water also has an important task in chemistry since it is a good solvent and absorbs many substances. The most common way of water…

NEWS 1/2019

Mission for a good cause

Social Day 2018: Shimadzu Europe plants 1,500 new trees The social day, at which Shimadzu employees support social projects, has become a tradition within the company since 2013. Once again,…

NEWS 3/2018

NEWS 3/2018

Cannabis testing Customized solutions meeting latest regulations Rookie of the Year New benchtop instrument MALDI-8020 complements the portfolio Let’s have a party! 50th anniversary celebration and future perspectives…

NEWS 3/2018

Acidic? Basic? Chelating? No problem for inert columns!

…inertness in the analysis of reactive substances, e.g. strongly acidic, basic or chelating analytes. Figures 3 and 4 illustrate comparative measurements on two different competitor C18 columns. Compared with figures…

NEWS 3/2018

Run time cut, possibilities enhanced

…all organic compounds except Helium and Neon. It offers significantly enhanced sensitivity compared to thermal conductivity and flame ionization detectors – enabling the detection of all types of trace components…

NEWS 3/2018

From fatberg to fuel

…removed and some of it sent to the company for processing. Argent Energy is the UK’s leading provider of renewable transport fuel, supplying biodiesel to the commercial freight and passenger…

NEWS 3/2018

Multimodal imaging by elemental and molecular mass spectrometry

…on fibrosis caused by certain types of nanoparticles in the lung. Even more exciting, the combination of chemical and medical imaging opens up completely new routes for research. MRI, computed…

NEWS 3/2018

Connecting wine to headaches

…are said to be the main reasons for causing headaches, next to dehydration, histamines (see Shimadzu-NEWS 3/2005), sulfites and tannin. While ethyl acetate as an ester brings a fruity taste,…

NEWS 3/2018

Carbon content in ultrapure water

…dissolved organic substances to carbon dioxide, which is detected by a non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) detector. Regular inspection No matter how ultrapure water is produced, it is never completely free of…