June/July 2011
Volume 43, Number 7
A variety of topics such as GC analysis, protein interaction, and PTR-MS are included in the June/July issue of American Laboratory. A laboratory furnace and a flame photometric detector are among the instrumentation discussed in this comprehensive issue.
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Table of Contents
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
For some time, I’ve been bothered about the rapid exit of scientists from the scientific job market after they reach about 55 years old.
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Paul Wheeler
The global energy crisis is starting to have a significant impact on the world economic climate.
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Larry Gallagher
As more research in science and
pharmaceutical development is dependent on understanding and controlling the growth of cells and complex biochemical reactions, accurate and traceable measurement and ...
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Helena Jacobse
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl
sulfide (COS), and methyl mercaptan
(CH3SH) are common components in light hydrocarbon streams.
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Branislav Cabric, Nebojsa Danilovic, Aco Janicijevic
A previous paper described a model of an air-cooled test tube with a series of sockets and plugs (crystallization
socket-outlet adaptor) installed in a laboratory chamber furnace, the goal of which ...
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Mike Marone, Ron Geib
When setting up a gas distribution
system in a laboratory or any other type of facility, the safety of all personnel
must be taken into consideration.
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Karin Elovsson, Zhichao Pei, Teodor Aastrup
Drug development today is a time-consuming and expensive business, with costs reaching over $1 billion
from drug discovery to market.
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Vincent W. Caruso, Edward C. Brown, John P. Kay, Michael A. Mancini, James A. Westra, Philip Keyes
Safe solvent management and
storage are significant concerns
in the pharmaceutical industry,
particularly when purification
systems are run unattended and are
supplied by large volumes of organic...
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Wolfgang Singer, Jens Herbig, Rene Gutmann, Klaus Winkler, Ingrid Kohl, Armin Hansel
Proton transfer reaction-mass
spectrometry (PTR-MS) is a
well-established analytical tool
for the measurement of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), and offers
real-time detection and ...
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Induka Abeysena, Rob Darrington
Lyophilization is often the preferred
method of sample drying because a high level of dryness is achieved with low residual solvent levels, and because of the light, powdery, “fluffy” finish of the ...
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David Coleman, Lynn Vanatta
The previous article (American Laboratory, Apr 2011) ended with an unsolved problem: how to implement
a pass-fail method if the blank matrix contains a non-negligible amount of the analyte.
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