Genevac Consolidate Evaporator & Freeze Dryer Operations In Germany

17-Apr-2015 - Genevac has announced, as of 1st April 2015, that LMS Consult GmbH (LMS) has been appointed as the exclusive German distributor for its market leading evaporator systems plus the freeze dryer range of its parent company - SP Scientific.For over 30 years - LMS Consulthave successfully sold and ...

Scientists show there's nothing boring about watching paint dry

17-Aug-2010 - It turns out that watching paint dry might not be as boring as the old adage claims. A team led by Yale University researchers has come up with a new technique to study the mechanics of coatings as they dry and peel, and has discovered that the process is far from mundane. In the August 9-13 ...

Argonne scientists reveal secret of nanoparticle crystallization in real time

19-May-2010 - A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has "seen" the crystallization of nanoparticles in unprecedented detail. “Nanoscience is a hot issue right now, and people are trying to create ...

NIST gets the dirt on soil with 3 new reference materials

28-Aug-2009 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new certified reference materials for soil. Intended for use as controls in testing laboratories, the new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs)— gathered from the San Joaquin Valley in California and from sites near Butte ...

Icy exposure creates armored polymer high tech foams

30-Jul-2009 - Chemists and engineers at the University of Warwick have found that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying can create a high-tech armored foam that could be used for a number of purposes, including a new range of low power room temperature ...

Accelerating drying of aqueous or DMSO-based microplate samples

05-Feb-2009 - Genevac reports on the significant operational benefits of using heat transfer plates in conjunction with a centrifugal evaporator for removal of DMSO or water from microplate samples. By specifying an evaporator with high power lamps the overall drying times for aqueous or DMSO sample solutions ...

Scientists peel away the mystery behind gold's catalytic prowess

Bilayer clusters of atoms less than a nanometer in dimension are found to be responsible for a vital oxidation reaction

08-Sep-2008 - Few materials have exercised as much of a hold on the human imagination, or on human history, as has gold. But for all of its popular uses – money, medals, jewelry and more – gold's potential as a catalyst lay hidden until the 1980s, when Masatake Haruta and Graham Hutchings independently ...

New Online Analysis Optimizes Drying Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry

31-Jul-2007 - Drying processes are an important part of the production of intermediate and end products in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to the determination of a suitable temperature and pressure, the automatic recognition of the production end point is a crucial factor when optimizing ...

Synthetic Production of Potential Pharmaceuticals Dramatically Simplified by Scripps Research Team

Findings Could Expand Interest in Natural Products by Making Production More Cost-Effective

23-Mar-2007 - A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed new techniques that dramatically reduce the time, complexity, and cost of synthesizing natural products with pharmaceutical potential. The work dislodges previously entrenched beliefs in the organic chemistry field about how ...

Measurement of Aldehydes and Ketones

Guideline VDI 3862: Gaseous emission measurement

03-Feb-2004 - Guideline VDI 3862 describes measurement procedures for the determination of aldehydes and ketones in stack emissions. The present parts broaden the spectrum of proven measurement procedures with two more methods. Guideline 3892 Part 6 describes a method which is used for ambient and indoor air ...