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Use of Rotational Vane Rheometry to Solve Practical Problems
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Rheology is the study of the deformation of matter. A common definition is that rheology is the study of flow. Viscometry, in particular, is the ... Read More
Sediment Standard Reference Materials
Saturday, August 01, 2009
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, MD) issued a new series of Standard Reference Materials® (SRMs) targeting the ... Read More
A Novel Approach to Particle Size Measurement in the Single-Nanometer Range
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Nanotechnology is pervasive, as evidenced by the abundance of information found in the latest scientific journals. What is nanotechnology? According ... Read More
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Historically, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measurements have focused on the analysis of materials as a function of an imposed temperature profile... Read More
Automating Sample Preparation in the Metals Laboratory
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Preparing samples for analysis is an extremely time-consuming task. In fact, sample preparation steps can easily take up more time in the laboratory ... Read More
New Developments in Weighing Technology That Meet the Needs of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Compliance Protocols
Saturday, August 01, 2009
One of the worst-case scenarios for a pharmaceutical laboratory is to have a government inspector close down the facility because it cannot provide ... Read More
A High-Performance, Fully Self-Contained, Rotational Viscometer
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Routine viscosity measurements of materials are important in most industrial processes such as mixing and pumping, spraying and coating, extrusion, ... Read More
Volume 41, Number 9
Saturday, August 01, 2009
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Use of a Compact, High-Purity Water System in a Rockville, Maryland, Forensics Laboratory
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
When the Montgomery County Crime Laboratory in Rockville, MD, needed a high-purity water system for a new laboratory area, a compact system that would... Read More
Portable IR Analyzers: The Ideal Measurement Solution for Biofuels Blend Quality and Wastewater Testing
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Two challenges facing the biofuels industry involve compliance with blend quality standards and wastewater regulations. According to a study done by ... Read More
ICP Spectrometry Coupled With a Separate Sampling and Excitation Accessory for Rapid Analysis of Impurities in Silver
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Silver is one of the oldest metals known to humanity and is still very important in minting, jewelry, and industry. Silver can be obtained from pure ... Read More
Determination of Nitrobenzene in Water Using Ionic Liquid-Based Liquid-Phase Microextraction Coupled With HPLC
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Nitrobenzene is widely used as an intermediary in the chemical industry. The release of nitrobenzene into the environment is of great concern because... Read More
Automated, Economical Sample Preparation: Bottle Liquid–Liquid Extraction
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The extraction of organics from water is fundamental in environmental, pharmaceutical, process, food, forensic, and other laboratories. Nearly all ... Read More
Volume 41, Number 8
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Prediction of NOx Emissions in Boilers Using Neural Networks and Excel™
Thursday, June 18, 2009
In an attempt to demystify artificial neural networks (ANNs) and to set the tone of this paper, it is best to start by saying that ANNs are ... Read More