Application Notes: General

This application note describes a fast and simple means of obtaining elemental composition of unknown sample materials using the Rigaku NEX DE VS elemental spectrometer.

Standardized methods exist for stable isotope analysis of food and beverage samples and are aimed at protecting product origin, authenticity, and label claims.

Inprentus offers custom-designed blazed diffraction grating masters with rights for replication. A variety of substrate materials and thin film overcoatings are available.

Demand for hand sanitizer products has skyrocketed. We describe a fast and easy analysis method for on-site quality control in the production of hand sanitizers.

We tackle one of the most common questions to arise when picking a Raman spectroscopy laser, “Should I choose a single, or multi-spatial mode laser for my application?”

Learn why the spectral properties, pulse width, and simpler design of picosecond lasers provide many advantages over femtosecond lasers for Raman spectroscopy.

Explore the uses of LIBS in the medical/biomedical application space by taking a look at some of the common applications as well as both laser and system requirements.

This app note describes the Hg analysis of fish and animal tissue without any sample preparation and using a single, matrix-independent calibration.

In this tech tip, we describe how a well-engineered cuvette holder like Ocean Insight’s Square One enables more accurate and repeatable absorbance measurements.

In this application Edinburgh Instruments RMS1000 Raman Microscope, with a heated stage, is used to observe phase transitions in 2 polymers - polyethylene and nylon-6.

Sample preparation and analysis of metals in disposable, non-medical face masks with the Avio® 550 Max ICP-OES to meet the criteria defined in ISO 18562- 4:2017.

This infographic details why Thermo Scientific™ Gallery™ discrete analyzers make wine analysis easy in enology labs and reduce cost per analysis considerably.

Raman OEM applications need consistent spectra to deliver dependable answers. Learn how to achieve >99.5% unit-to-unit agreement using a series of simple corrections.

This application note demonstrates the robust analysis of 25% NaCl samples by ICP-OES. The analysis is simplified by using ceramic D-Torch and the sheath gas.

Analytik Jena’s High-resolution ICP-OES with high sensitivity complies with concentration limits of drinking water regulations without further accessories required.

This application note describes how the Vitesse TOF-ICP-MS from Nu Instruments collects raw data and generates megapixel images for geological and biological samples.

This application note demonstrates how to perform point and mapping analysis on the Rigaku ZSX Primus IV / Primus IVi general purpose WDXRF spectrometers.

Realize up to 90% cost savings by purifying low-cost reagent grade acids to produce the high-purity acids needed for the lowest ICP-MS detection limits.

Realize up to 90% cost savings by purifying low-cost reagent grade acids to produce the high-purity acids needed for the lowest ICP-MS detection limits.

This e-book covers a range of parameters that influence a range of product characteristics such as organic acids, sugars, water, alcohol, metals, enzymes, and others.

The concentration of ethanol in hand sanitizer was determined using a calibration developed with an automated ATR sampling accessory.

This study shows Raman imaging, atomic force microscopy, and scanning near-field optical microscopy characterizing and depth-profiling polymer blends and layers.

This application note demonstrates the analysis of gold alloys by EDXRF for the determination of gold and silver content, and of base metals and other alloying metals.

This application note details how the Renishaw Virsa Raman analyzer can be used to study catalysts, with vanadium oxide as an example.