For laboratories all around the world, and especially in light of the current pandemic, cleaning the ion source of lab instruments is a huge cost that needs to be taken into account. LECO presents the StayClean® ion source that allows researchers to drastically cut those costs.
Cement is easily one of the most widely used materials in construction all over the world. Although the base composition is fairly simple, it is composed of many different parts -lime, silica, alumina, and moremaking
it critical for the construction industry to be able to understand what is in the cement they use.
The quality of coal, just as every other type of fuel, plays a critical part in its performance. A key metric to determine the quality of coal is the amount of volatile matter it contains.
With the recent rise in the price of wood, engineered wood products such as MDF have become economical solutions for many homes. This article explains how to achieve carbon determination in adhesives used for such products.
Thanks to its basic, fairly simple composite, concrete is one of the most popular options in the construction industry - but there are many different kind of concretes, suited for different applications.
In 2019, 3,040,000,000 tons of iron ore were mined, making it by far the most mined metal in the world. LECO's expertise in analyzing and handling this critical resource is explained in this article.
Physical evidence may be identified and compared using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS), which can distinguish elemental and isotope variations down to the part per billion (ppb) level.
By Ibtisam Abbasi
3 May 2022
Ahead of their talk on green chemistry and profitability in laboratory research at ChemUK 2022, AZoM spoke with Jacqueline Balian from Gambica and Martyn Fordman from Asynt about encouraging sustainability in the chemical industry.
Dairy products require a lot of attention throughout their product and transport. KPM Analytics' tools and processes allow the industry to implement efficient quality control in dairy plants.
This article focuses on the use of electron microscopy paired with fast Fourier transform (FFT-EM), its advantages and limitations, alternative methods, and recent studies involving this method.
By Samudrapom Dam
2 May 2022