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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Horiba Jobin Yvon introduced the second-generation XGT-1700 WR and 5700 WR ED-XRF imaging microscopes, designed for production line usage. Additions include a 3 mm X-ray beam and a combined dual optical filter. New Wave Research launched the U193-FX, a 193 nm, short-pulse excimer laser ablation system for ICP-MS. Elvatec introduced the ElvaX mini ED-XRF alloy […]