Following up on IBO’s examination of US product safety systems (see IBO 11/15/07), there have been recent announcements from Wal-Mart, Toys R’Us, the Toy Industry Association (TIA) and the EU concerning toy safety. These announcements express a clear aim to increase the amount of toy testing, with the TIA calling for an increase in the […]
Nitrogen is an essential component of proteins, as well as many other biomolecules, making it an important analyte for applications involving the quantification of organic materials. Although there are many general spectroscopic methods that can be used to identify nitrogen, two main methods are used in instruments designed for total nitrogen (TN) determination: the Kjeldahl […]
XOS introduced the Clora benchtop analyzer for the determination of chlorides in liquid hydrocarbon samples using monochromatic WD-XRF. Cosa Instrument launched the Model CA/KF200 moisture meter for analysis down to 1 ppm. Mettler-Toledo introduced the HB43-S halogen moisture analyzer for routine moisture determination. PANalytical released the compact, cost effective MiniPal 4 Sulfur ED-XRF spectrometer. Agilent […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific is now distributing EDAX’s electron backscatter diffraction systems to complement its Noran System Six X-ray microanalysis system. Xstream Systems named Blue Ridge X-Ray a distributor of its XT250 ED-XRF for identification of counterfeit drugs in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Shimadzu Japan introduced the ICPE-9000 ICP emission spectrometer. Available in multitype and sequential […]
Valued at more than $2.5 billion in 2007, the atomic spectroscopy market is forecast to grow at 4.7% in 2008. The individual technologies have quite different future prospects, ranging from flat to high single-digit growth. In particular, the past few years have experienced a time of tremendous growth for the two X-ray technologies, X-ray fluorescence […]
This year’s product safety controversies have affected manufacturers, regulators, consumers and laboratories alike. Manufacturers have increased product testing, while new regulatory efforts, by both governments and industry, have renewed calls for reform and scrutiny of the current system in multiple countries. Although it is too early to ascertain the exact effect of these efforts on […]
In July, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the production of its 500th iCAP 6000 ICP emission spectrometer at its facility in Cambridge, UK. The product was shipped to Boeing.
Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the XL3 800 Series Alloy Analyzers, the third generation of NITON handheld XRF analyzers. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced a new kit for the coupling of GC to its ICP-MS ELEMENT 2 and ELEMENT XR for elemental speciation analysis of volatile compounds. Thermo Fisher Scientific released an entry-level version of its ARL […]
In May, XRF Scientific appointed Terry Sweet as managing director. In July, SII NanoTechnology announced it had established a new sales and service base in Neu Isenburg, Germany, for its X-ray fluorescence (XRF) business. It also tripled the size of its Shanghai, China plant and established new sales and service locations in Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Huizhou […]
In June, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the 300th order of the Thermo Scientific ARL 4460 optical emissions metals analyzer with SMS (Sample Manipulation System) 2000 automation. The order was placed by Tata Steel India and marks the analyzer’s first sale in India.
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