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NEWS 2/2013

Top athlete

…sample compartment allows an easy setup of accessories including auto recognition. Specifications are top-level for both hardware and software. Using the IRTracer-100 in combination with the new LabSolutions IR software…

NEWS 2/2013

Trace analysis with plasma technology

…regard to their long-term stability. Figure 1: Barrier Ionization Discharge Detector (BID) The new BID detector concept With the barrier ionization discharge (BID) detector, Shimadzu launches a new concept in…

NEWS 2/2013

The ravages of time

…a reference spectrum, a commercial polyethylene (PE) white plastic bag without print was measured. This bag serves as ‘fresh’ polyethylene at the defined time ‘zero.’ The spectrum is free from…

NEWS 1/2013

Global structure – Global Design

communication channels – advertisements, brochures, mailings etc. Shimadzu’s website and the ‘Shimadzu News’ apply this new design as well. Shimadzu Europe website Figure 1: New website following Global Design guidelines…

NEWS 1/2013

NEWS 1/2013

…aviation turbine fuel – a risk? FAMEs in diesel fuel have an unintended side-effect: Potential contamination of jet turbine fuel! »Best supporting actor« HS-20: The new powerful Head-space partner for

NEWS 1/2013

New accessory for the UV series

New micro cell holders extend the wide range of accessories for the UV-2600/UV-2700 spectrophotometry series. This UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy instrument series owes its high performance to the patented ‘LO-RAY-LIGH®’ diffraction gratings….

NEWS 1/2013

FAMEs in aviation turbine fuel – a risk?

…glass surfaces. This creates new risks of cross contamination where supply chains handle both jet fuel and biodiesel. FAMEs are non-hydrocarbon fuel components. But jet fuel specification states explicitly that…

NEWS 1/2013

Read the lips

…sensitive towards environmental influences, for example exposure to the sun, food or viruses such as herpes. These all affect the lips and can cause painful reactions. This article focuses on…

NEWS 1/2013

»Best supporting actor«

composition of the actual sample. Headspace techniques (HS) are especially popular for samples that cannot be measured via gas chromatography without prior sample preparation. Examples are traces of organic compounds…

NEWS 1/2013

TOC analyzer in quality control

…organic components that can be oxidised to carbon dioxide (CO2) which is determined quantitatively and very precisely by IR absorption. The advantage is that all components are measured in one…