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A Method for Determining Oxidation Stability of Petrodiesel, Biodiesel, and Blended Fuels

The diesel engine was developed in 1892 to allow the use of cost-saving diesel fuel. At the time, the production of diesel was a relatively simple single cut within the atmospheric distillation ... read more
Flow Injection Spectrophotometric Determination of Acetochlor in Food Samples

Acetochlor is an herbicide widely used for controlling grass weeds in various crops. read more
Turning an Acidity or Basicity Quandary Into an Automatic Titration Solution: Solving the Challenge of Acid/Base Balance in Polyol Samples

Uniquely quantifying varying levels of acidity or basicity in polyol samples has traditionally required two different methods utilizing less than desirable titrants with less than optimal results. read more
Recovery of Styrene Monomer From Waste Polystyrene Using Catalytic Degradation

Polystyrene (PS) continues to be used worldwide because of its excellent physical properties and low cost. read more
Reintroducing Countercurrent Chromatography to the Chemist

Ever since chemists began using separating funnels to isolate compounds by partitioning, they have understood the potential benefits of liquid/liquid chromatography, known today as countercurrent ... read more
Sample Preparation for the Detection of Synthetic Analogs of Insulin in Human Serum

The detection of the abuse of synthetic insulins by doping laboratories is likely to become a routine requirement. read more
Automation of Solid-Phase Extraction for Urinary Opiate Analysis

The identification and confirmation of opiates extracted from biological matrices such as blood, plasma/serum, and urine may often lead to more questions than answers, as many exponents of forensic ... read more
Is Bottled Nitrogen a Greenhouse Gas?

The level of greenhouse gases such as CO2 is believed by scientists to have a dramatic, unfavorable impact on worldwide climate change. read more
Utilizing Supported Liquid Extraction in a Novel Format to Improve Productivity in the Analytical Laboratory

Liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) is a commonly used sample preparation technique for the isolation of drugs from biological fluids, such as plasma, prior to analysis by LC-MS-MS. read more
High-Performance Laboratories Can Be Environmentally Sustainable

The green building movement has gained tremendous momentum, with energy costs, environmental concern, and government involvement leading organizations to make environmental sustainability a ... read more
Is there an App for That? The App Migration into the Laboratory

Is it too much to assume that just about everyone has a smartphone like the popular iPhone and/or tablet device like the evolving iPad these days? The impact that these devices have had on the ... read more
Development and Applications of a Sample Compartment FTIR Microscope

Since the early to mid-1940’s, scientists using infrared spectroscopy have been trying to obtain spectral data from ever smaller samples. read more
Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk: Automated Liquid Handlers as Sources of Error

This is the second in a series of articles entitled, “Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk,” addressing the most common causes of liquid delivery error and providing guidance on how to address and overcome... read more
Measurement of Biodiesel Percentage Volume in B0–B100 Blends Using Encoded Photometric Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Derived from biological sources, biodiesel is gaining momentum as the energy source of the future, being biodegradable and nontoxic, and producing around 60% less net carbon dioxide emissions than ... read more
Using Dynamic Light Scattering to Improve Protein Solution Behavior for Crystallization

Improving protein solution behavior is critical in the field of structural biology since it impacts protein crystallization and the ability to determine protein structures by solution nuclear ... read more