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NEWS 1/2013

Heavy metals in the food chain

Determination with the high-speed self-reversal method for background compensation Heavy metals such as cadmium, chromium and lead are natural components of the earth’s crust and are typically present in our…

NEWS 1/2013

Experimental compartment

and after closing the compartment To ensure that equipment is free from undesirable foreign substances, cleaning of instrument surfaces is validated using various methods. For instance, the final rinse water…

NEWS 1/2013

Practical test: Lead in circuit boards

ICP-OES spectroscopy – RoHS II – new guidelines Figure 1: Electronic circuit boards – examples of sample material Up to now, lead constituted about 60 percent by weight as a…

NEWS 3/2012

NEWS 3/2012

…– To protect consumers, modern food technology laboratories increasingly use texture analyzers. From coal dust to steel Particle size measurement – The versatile application possibilities of the new SALD 2300….

NEWS 3/2012

Need for Speed!

…reproducibility. Shimadzu has introduced three new fast UFMS systems that combine outstanding data quality with excellent speed parameters. The new LCMS-8040, LCMS-8080 and GCMS-TQ8030 triple quadrupole mass spectrometers offer a…

NEWS 3/2012

Attractive differences …

…generally accepted by the scientific community. The objective of defect analysis is not to find “bad guys” and “good guys” but to predict unexpected factors and lead to new approaches…

NEWS 3/2012

DYMAT 2012 – Looking back

…these cases, the dynamic behavior of materials plays a crucial role. Within the DYMAT association, engineers and materials scientists from all over the world exchange research results and new insights…

NEWS 3/2012

Nibble, nibble, little mouse …

and modern controls are required. Figure 1: EZ-Test SX with compact screw-type grips This is where the newly developed EZ-Test-X texture analyzer comes in. Thanks to the new controller, all…

NEWS 3/2012

Circuit board failure analysis

…a natural resin. Library search for spectrum (c) closely matches adipic acid. Figure 5: Spectrum (c) and search result of the Aldrich-Ichem library of STJapan-Europe. Adipic acid was a hit….

NEWS 3/2012

From coal dust to steel

…has now evolved into a knowledge region through structural transformation and high-tech innovation, with world-class research facilities and characterized by new industries and a strong service sector. The attraction of…