Ultra-Fast Determination of Trace Elements in Water, Conforming to US EPA 200.7 Using the Agilent 5100 SVDV ICP-OES
The productivity demands of environmental labs working to EPA methodology such as 200.7 for the determination of metals and trace elements in water, solids and biosolids are met using synchronous dual view ICP-OES. The instrumentation achieves an excellent sample-to-sample cycle time of 58 seconds. This enables more samples to be measured each day and reduces argon consumption per sample by 50% per sample.
Improving Fluorescence and Raman Techniques for Environmental Microplastic Analysis
March 31st 2025A recent study conducted at the LaserLaB Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands) explored spectroscopic imaging techniques, including Raman and fluorescence microscopy, for characterizing microplastics (MPs), focusing on optimizing sample preparation, particularly density separation, and Nile Red staining.Spectroscopy spoke to Merel Konings, corresponding author of the paper resulting from the study, about her work
New Study Provides Insights into Chiral Smectic Phases
March 31st 2025Researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the molecular arrangement of the 7HH6 compound’s smectic phases using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy.
