Application Notes: General

This application note describes quantitative digestion of biofuel samples and their precursors without soot formation in the shortest measurement time.

This app note demonstrates the measurement of chlorine, lead, and metals using the Rigaku NEX QC+ QuantEZ for the general screening of refuse-derived fuel (RDF).

This application note demonstrates the analysis of chlorine and sulfur in oil as it relates to waste oil and used oil using the Rigaku NEX QC+ EDXRF spectrometer.

This application note provides insights for the proper selection of anode materials and thicknesses for HHXRF applications.

In this application note, we use an Ocean Insight spectrometer to measure the color shift that occurs with deposition of an aluminum alloy to a powder-coated wheel.

Learn how to ensure high quality and productivity in elemental analysis of petrochemical samples.

This note highlights the robust and consistent data acquisition of the Thermo Scientific™ iCAP™ RQ ICP-MS for the unattended analysis of drinking water samples.

In this technical note, the concept of dead time in TCSPC fluorescence lifetime measurements is introduced, and how it can be avoided using Reverse Mode is explained.

Using Analytik Jena’s patented iCRC technology for interference removal, we measured 82 drinking water samples per h with 21 elements (+4 internal standards).

Raman spectroscopy as a technique used for mineral and soil analysis for the mining and petroleum industries or for gemstones and the jewelry industry.

This note highlights the benefits of triple quadrupole ICP-MS for increasing sample turnover and boosting data confidence.

This application note describes using complementary s-SNOM and AFM-IR techniques to characterize 2D materials, such as graphene, nanoantennae, and semiconductor materials.

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.

Learn about the fundamental optical design and advantages of a confocal Raman microscope, as well as the laser requirements and challenges inherent to this method.