Using Reference Materials - Commonly Encountered Errors and How to Avoid Them
Jenny Button, Product Specialist at LGC Standards, UK, discusses some commonly reported errors in the use of reference materials and how they can be avoided.
No matter how carefully a method is developed and performed, there is still the potential for errors to creep in unnoticed. Such errors can have devastating consequences resulting in costly and time-consuming repeat analyses. Precious samples and reference materials may be wasted, results delayed and laboratory staff and equipment time taken up unnecessarily. Jenny Button, Product Specialist at LGC Standards, UK, discusses some commonly reported errors in the use of reference materials and how they can be avoided.
Inside the Laboratory: The Chromatography Laboratory at the University of Rouen
April 18th 2024In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Pascal Cardinael and Valérie Agasse of the University of Rouen in Mont‑Saint-Aignan, France, discuss their laboratory’s work with miniaturizing gas chromatography (GC) columns and systems to improve on-site air analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Inside the Laboratory: The McLean Group at Vanderbilt University
April 16th 2024In this edition of "Inside the Laboratory," John A. McLean, the dean of graduate education and research at the College of Arts & Science of Vanderbilt University, discusses his laboratory's recent work regarding ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) and how it can be applied in various fields.
