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Novel Process to Produce Sustainable Rubber, Plastics

Butadiene, a molecule traditionally manufactured from natural gas or petroleum, is used to produce synthetic rubber and plastics used for manufacturing toys, tires, and numerous other products.

25 Apr 2017

New Hiden ExQ Dynamic Gas Analyser

The Hiden ExQ quantitative gas analyser is a new multi-featured and compact mass spectrometer system providing continuous on-line analysis of dynamic gas streams at pressures from sub-atmospheric up to 30 bar, the fully integrated system now being configurable both for bench-top and for rack-mounting operation. Connection to the process is via a flexible heated inert capillary line with a sample consumption rate less than 10 mL/minute and a response time of less than 300 milliseconds at pressures near atmosphere.

25 Apr 2017

New Hiden ExQ Dynamic Gas Analyser

25 Apr 2017

Harper and Ferrite Form Relationship for Microwave Solutions for Industrial Material Processing

Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, and Ferrite Microwave Technologies, LLC (FMT), the premier global provider of 915 MHz industrial microwave systems, announced today their forming of a strategic relationship. Harper will utilize FMT’s high power microwave heating technology to complement its product portfolio of traditional gas and electric fired furnaces, enabling its customers with access to a broader range of options and the expertise of two recognized industry leaders.

From Harper International 25 Apr 2017

miniDAWN TREOS II SEC-MALS Detector for Essential Protein and Polymer Characterization

Wyatt Technology, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization, announces the launch of its next generation multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detector for SEC/GPC, t...

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 25 Apr 2017

Entry-level Flow Chemistry Systems

Available in a choice of configurations the Uniqsis FlowLab™ range are affordable and easy-to-use flow chemistry systems ideal for use in research, education and for those wishing to try flow chemistry without the associated costs of a fully automatic system.

From Uniqsis Ltd 24 Apr 2017

Avantor® Acquires Puritan Products

Acquisition bolsters Avantor’s portfolio of high-purity cGMP materials and solutions for Biopharma, Research and Electronic Materials customers. Avantor® Performance Materials, LLC, announced today the acqui...

24 Apr 2017

Distek, Inc. Releases Model 2500 Select - Bathless Dissolution Tester

Distek, Inc., a leading manufacturer of laboratory testing instruments for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, as well as an experienced provider of validation and qualification services, announced today the release of the Model 2500 Select - Bathless Dissolution Tester.

24 Apr 2017

Postnova Launch Temperature Controlled Flow Field-Flow Fractionation/MALS System

Postnova Analytics announces the AF2000 MALS - a new temperature controlled Flow Field-Flow Fractionation - MALS system developed to provided unmatched separation, characterization and fractionation of biopharmaceutical proteins.

From Postnova Analytics 24 Apr 2017

Benefits of Growing CYLC Crystal in Microgravity

One of the earliest investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station refers to the research into crystal growth in microgravity. This investigation continues even till today.

21 Apr 2017

Research on New Materials for Aeronautic Engines of the Future

A research team of Politecnico di Torino coordinated European Project, which has been awarded with the 3rd prize in the Reducing the Emissions and Enhancing Performances of Aeronautic Engines contest promoted by the JTI Clean Sky 1 European Framework.

21 Apr 2017

Materials Research Reveals Damages Caused by Widely Used Engineering Technique

A method that transformed scientists' ability to control and study materials at the nanoscale may have dramatic involuntary consequences, a new Oxford University research reveals.

21 Apr 2017

Researchers Develop a New Tool to Study Disordered Atomic Structures

Researchers in materials science have created a model capable of accounting for irregularities in how atoms organize themselves at the “grain boundaries”, which refer to the interface where two materials meet.

21 Apr 2017

Coordination Chemistry of Anions via Halogen-Bonding Interactions

While an IUPAC description of hydrogen bonding was only introduced in 2011 after years of discussions in the scientific community, it did not take such a long time to arrive at a similar definition of halogen bonding, following a resurgence of this interaction in the literature which dates back to the early 1990s, Fourmigué, M. (2017). Acta Cryst. B73, 138-139

21 Apr 2017

Lock-in Amplifier/AWG with Pulse Counter

Zurich Instruments has expanded their UHFLI, a 600 MHz Lock-in Amplifier and Arbitrary Wave Generator (AWG), with a Pulse Counter option for recording random pulses. Pulses of a minimal time of 4.44 ns can be counted on up to four channels at a bandwidth of 225 MHz.

From Zurich Instruments 21 Apr 2017