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Dionex NA - Determination of Phosphorous by Ion Chromatography

Analyzing a complex mixture of unknown macromolecules and low molar mass compounds is often challenging in GPC/SEC.

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CE is suitable for the analysis of simple inorganic ions, such as chloride, nitrate and sulphate. This method is robust and rugged.

When good things are given to us, or when we have never known life without them, we rarely appreciate them fully. This truth applies to many areas of life, but tends to be particularly evident with respect to modern conveniences and technological advances. Anyone with a teenager who thinks having a cell phone or an iPod is a requirement, not a luxury, knows this; pointing out that every generation until this one grew up without such devices rarely elicits more than eye rolling. Young people are not the only ones who take things for granted, however. When was the last time most of us truly felt grateful for our flush toilets or hot showers? Probably shortly after a camping trip or when the water heater broke.

The authors discuss the specifics of analytical method validation.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America January 2011 regular issue, Vol 29 No 1, in an interactive PDF format.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have purchased an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography ion trap mass spectrometer, which they say will allow them to expand their analytical capabilities in environmental and human toxicology and help them to reveal the extent of environmental and human exposure to harmful contaminants.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that it will acquire Lomb Scientific, a provider of laboratory chemicals, consumables and instruments in Australia and New Zealand.

Dionex - Faster Analysis of Neuroactive Amino Acids

AB SCIEX has announced a collaboration with Landeswasserversorgung Water Supply to improve the identification of contaminants in drinking water.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that the company is to acquire Dionex for approximately $2.1 billion.

Meeting report of the "Art of Separation: Hyphenation and Application" organized in honour of Udo Brinkman.

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AB SCIEX has announced that the company has expanded its commercial operations in Korea. The company created a new direct sales organization under AB SCIEX Korea to help customers located in Korea through the use of mass spectrometry technologies.

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The United States Food and Drug Administration in Irvine, California, USA has purchased the Dionex ICS-5000 ion chromatography system with mass spectrometer for the analysis of biogenic amines in fish samples.

Waters (LCGC Europe) - A Flexible SPE/LC/MS/MS Platform for the Simultaneous Quantitation of Multiple Amyloid Peptides in Cerebrospinal Fluid

LCGC NA, Thermo - Melamine in Milk Products by Benchtop Orbitrap LC-MS

Whether organic produce provides any actual health benefits is still controversial, and a recent study of organic carrots, onions and potatoes has claimed that the process may add nothing at all.

Thermo Fisher (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced today that it will acquire Dionex Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) for approximately $2.1 billion, a transaction that is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2011. Dionex will be integrated into the Scientific Instruments division of Thermo Fisher.

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A new scientific facility to develop measurement standards in areas including life science has been inaugurated at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Geel, Belgium.

GERSTEL and CTC Analytics have announced the formation of a distribution partnership for Latin America.

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KNAUER has donated a high-quality analyser to the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) for use in education and training in the chemical engineering department.