Plenary Lecture: Biofuels and Global Climate Change
May 29th 2009The official opening session and Plenary Lecture featured a talk from Jerald L. Schnoor, of the University of Iowa, entitled, ?Biofuels and Global Climate Change.? This topic was especially fitting for the June conference as gas prices and temperatures are on the rise once again this summer.
Frontiers in Elemental Mass Spectrometry, Room 113
May 29th 2009Elemental mass spectrometry mainly targets inorganic materials, determining elemental compositions of samples rather than providing structural information. This session will cover topics such as bioimaging of metals in brain tissue, the analysis of chemical warfare agent degradation products, and the separation and quantitation of antisense oligonucleotides.
Characterization of Polyacrylnitrile
May 29th 2009GPC is used to easily and reliably analyze the molecular mass distribution of industrially produced polyacrylnitrile in this application note. Polyacrylnitrile (PAN) is an important component of many industrial products including heavy-duty fibres, synthetic ropes, flame resistant plastics, and the versatile impact resistant ABS plastics. PAN is also commonly used to produce fabric for clothing manufacture since its addition creates a material that is warming, soft and crease-resistant. This application demonstrates a separation based on molecular size using GPC with organic eluents, along with a simple sample preparation procedure. Since this GPC application uses DMF and a small amount of lithium bromide as mobile phase, it will work on a standard HPLC system without any modifications.
Spanish distribution agreement
May 22nd 2009Bruker Daltonics has announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Francisco Soria Melguizo at the 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Francisco Soria Melguizo will distribute Bruker Daltonics' matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) Biotyper to laboratories in clinical microbiology and veterinary medicine in Spain.
Comparison of fully and superficially porous particle columns for the analysis of basic compounds
May 15th 2009The goal of this work is to investigate the differences in separation performance between fully and superficially porous particle columns for routine analysis of basic pharmaceutical drug compounds. Major parameters of comparison are chemical stability, peak capacity and column efficiency at different mass loads.
Mass spectrometry company acquired
May 13th 2009PerkinElmer has acquired mass spectrometry equipment supplier Analytica of Branford. The acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed, is an integral part of PerkinElmer's strategic commitment to continue to grow its human and environmental health portfolio.