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Helpers of all sizes for analysts
Precious analysis tools ranging in size from a shot glass to a rain barrel
Geologists analyze soil samples, the oil industry studies crude oil, and the steel industry wants to know the composition of slag. These are completely different fields, but all begin the analysis process with a high-temperature fusion treatment of the samples. But what equipment should be used for the fusion process? Platinum crucibles are ideally suited for the job, and are used in industrial and scientific laboratories around the world. Heraeus is a leading global manufacturer of platinum crucibles. It is remarkable that after over 130 years, we are still finding ways to improve this product...
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How much LIMS can a researcher put up with?
Researchers don't want to work with a LIMS and analysts don't like electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN). These types of software are not ideally suited to mapping these two laboratory processes. In companies with R&D and analysis departments, there is an intensive data exchange between the departments. This data exchange across the departments needs IT support as well, which calls for a new type of software. We call it RALIMS...
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35 years' experience in "black gold"
High-quality bitumen for worldwide road construction provided by Viennese engineering company Pörner based on Biturox® technology
There is a paradoxical consequence of the financial crisis: To produce bitumen is more attractive than ever. In the last six months prices for crude oil and, in particular, the consumption of heavy, sulfur-containing marine Diesel fuel (bunker oils) have dropped, while at the same time the need for bitumen has gone up all over the world due to government infrastructure investment programs. For this reason, the demand for Biturox® plants to produce road bitumen in an economical manner is increasing...
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Outsourcing R&D Innovation takes on New Meaning
Innovative drugs are the lifeblood of pharmaceutical companies, but the cost of developing them is rising to unsustainable levels. Pharma executives are already saying that as the economy falters, they foresee bleak prospects and mergers unless their companies get more innovative drugs into their pipelines. The clock is ticking on the race to increase productivity, as key patents worth a projected $30 billion in revenue will expire between 2010 and 2013, opening the floodgates to competition from generics, according to Barbara Ryan, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. This imperative is propelling increased outsourcing of R&D operations as companies trim overcapacity....
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Microwave digestion with top-loading concept for very simple handling and a high sample throughput
Berghof speedwave® four
In many analytical laboratories today microwave digestion is a standard method of preparing samples for determining elements. For microwave digestion the sample material is typically heated to 200 - 260°C in closed microwave-transparent pressure vessels with an acid mixture and thereby fully degraded and dissolved. The advantage of microwave digestion compared to conventionally heated stainless steel pressure digestion vessels lies in the accelerated heating-up phase and the possibility of simultaneous digestion of multiple samples. However, the economic efficiency of the overall system is determined less by the number of samples per run than by the handling costs and the working hours required for it. This finding was consistently taken into account in developing the Berghof speedwave® four microwave digestion system. The speedwave® four distinguishes itself by simple handling and low operating costs...
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