Instrumentation and Control News - Spectrometers

Free onsite calibration from a qualified engineer?

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:30:46 +0200

Have they gone mad? It seems not: Hach Lange says that all you have to do is purchase two packs of their high quality reagents for every free calibration...and you are probably buying them already!

Cerno Bioscience Offers New Online Calibration Tutorial for MassWorks

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:25:26 +0100

The new Cerno Bioscience tutorial describes how, when using classical calibration methods, Mass Spectrometry (MS) data is calibrated for mass position only. This approach leads to substantial errors due to the undefined peak shape, noise, and the empirical basis of conventional centroiding algorithms...

100% contamination of Euro notes with Cocaine

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:16:26 +0100

Using a technique involving chromatography/mass spectrometry, a sample of 45 bank notes were analysed to show the level of contamination by cocaine. The cotton structure of the Euro bank notes adsorbs chemical residues, making it relatively easy to analyse. While all of the notes proved positive for cocaine contamination, three showed the presence of heroin.

AST Detector Coatings Used In Spectrometers

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:40:16 +0100

Detectors are coated with GOrg, a unique organic phosphor used exclusively by AST for robust UV applications as part of its ExtendUV range of phosphors. This high-efficiency phosphor is excited at wavelengths between 150 and 400 nm with an emission peak at 545 nm...

USAF closer to 'on-demand' satellites

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:50:10 +0100

The ARTEMIS -- it stands for "Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer" -- payloads would be kept at the ready so they can be quickly assembled to the particular mission specs and then moved quickly to the launch site...

OEM mass spectrometer has open architecture

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:28:13 +0100

The cost/performance of this machine and its open architecture should make it appealing to colleges and universities

X-Ray Molecular Spectrometer helps identifiy potential threats.

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:13:35 +0100

Interpreting standard checkpoint 2-D X-Ray tomography to identify containers and their contents, Optosecurity X-Ray Molecular Spectrometer recognizes potential threats according to their unique molecular signatures and identifies innocuous materials and liquids that may be assembled into explosives.

Spectro delivers 25,000th analytical instrument

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:50:10 +0100

The instrument, a Spectro Ciros Vision ICP-OES spectrometer, was purchased by Acme Analytical Laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia, to examine environmental and geological samples

EU distributor for Dart mass spec ion source

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:50:10 +0100

Dart (direct analysis in real time) is an ion source that fits many LC-MS instruments and enables analysis of samples on surfaces in real time without any sample preparation

TAMUQ gets Qatar’s first hi-tech spectrometer

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:06:24 +0100

In addition, the instrument is equipped with accessories that allows to run experiments at temperatures varying from -80 degree C to 10 degree C, and with the broadband probe spectra can be collected for Hydrogen, Carbon, Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Fluorine nuclei.

Vacuum Fourier transform IR spectrometer

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:29:20 +0100

The new instrument's linear air bearing UltraScan interferometer, with the company's active alignment system, allows better than 0.07 cm–1 optical resolution. Data acquisition is based on dual-channel, 24-bit A/D converters that are integrated with the detector, to yield high signal-to-noise ratios...

Most powerful new mass spectrometer on the market

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:02:36 +0100

This new instrument analyses complex matrices and large molecules with independent sub ppm mass accuracy, ultra high resolution in excess of 750,000 and improved detection circuitry

A technological first for mass spectrometry

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:17:57 +0100

Synapt HDMS is the first mass spectrometer of its kind to employ new ion-mobility technology and software to enable the analysis of sample ions differentiated by size and shape, as well as mass

Lambda shows new analysis products at WWEM

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:02:36 +0100

Lambda Advanced Technology will show a host of analysis products from Analytik Jena at Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring (WWEM), 1-2 November 2006 at Telford International Centre, UK

Voice100 detects 'Mother of Satan' explosive TATP

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:02:36 +0100

New Zealand company Syft Technologies is marketing an instrument with the unique ability to detect the volatile gases generated by triacetone triperoxide (TATP), an explosive used in recent terrorism