February 2014 Technology News

The equipment, instruments and systems introduced to the laboratory market at Pittcon 2014.

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Gas Chromatography Columns

AbelBonded® BOOTH 4141

  • Abel offers complete stationary selections and consistent high performance AbelBonded (AB) GC columns
  • HPLC columns, SPE, Solvent Evaporators, Syringe Filters, Vials, Septa, Caps, etc. also available

Abel www.abel-industries.com

Nano-LC Ion Source

Chip-Mate™ BOOTH 1542

  • Designed for applications requiring small micron ID HPLC columns and nanoelectrospray ionization (nano-ESI)
  • Focuses on stable and reliable nano-ESI through its ability to sense poor spray performance and engage the next nozzle
  • Provides ease of use and robustness
  • ESI chip with 25 emitter nozzles and an integrated memory card is also available for use with the Chip-Mate

Advion www.advion.com 

Resource Guide

The Chromatographer’s Guide to Gas and Gas Delivery Systems BOOTH 2013

  • Provides detailed information on the requirements needed to design and construct the gas delivery systems used in gas chromatography (GC) and other high purity analytical applications
  • Gives users in-depth expertise in selecting the correct gas purity, understanding how purity is determined, and how purity affects applications • Explains the importance of component selection
  • Details laboratory gas safety codes needed for compliance, and much more

Airgas www.airgasSGcatalog.com 

Mercury Vapor Analyzer

Jerome® J505 BOOTH 3820

  • High quality, robust atomic fluorescence spectrophotometer determines mercury in ambient air and water
  • Hand-held instrument offers a sample button on the handle as well as a touch pad interface and an easy-to-use menu structure, allowing users to input unique testing locations and sampling cycles
  • Jerome® line also includes instruments that can accurately detect H2S as low as 3ppb and Hg vapor as low as 0.5μg/m3

Arizona Instrument www.azic.com 

Handheld Raman Spectrometer

TacticID® BOOTH 4214

  • Suited to rapid identification of unknown chemicals, explosives and narcotics directly in the field or in the lab
  • Allows users to get real-time actionable identification of potential threats while reducing operational uncertainty and response time without compromising the integrity of the sample, or the chain of evidence
  • Designed to provide robust identification and investigation algorithms while maintaining ease of use

B&W Tek www.bwtek.com 

qTOF System

compact BOOTH 4135

  • Includes excellent MS and MS/MS sensitivity and high resolution with excellent robustness and reliability—all in a benchtop system
  • Features 3-4x higher dynamic range with cutting-edge 10 bit ADC technology
  • Provides 50 GBit/sec sampling speeds while maintaining high resolution
  • Boasts superior mass accuracies and increased dynamic range for more application flexibility

Bruker www.bruker.com 

UHR-QqTOF Mass Spectrometer

Impact HD™ BOOTH 4135

  • Provides >40,000 Full-Sensitivity Resolution (FSR)
  • Opens up enhanced analytical performance levels for all applications where trace analysis from complex, high-background matrices is a challenge
  • Achieves five orders of magnitude dynamic range at UHPLC speeds from 50 GBit/sec sampling technology—definitive trace analysis from complex, high-background matrices
  • Includes intelligent self-optimizing MSMS routines for expert-caliber results

Bruker www.bruker.com 

QqTOF System

maXis HD BOOTH 4135

  • Novel HDC collision cell enables record-breaking Full Sensitivity Resolution (FSR) of > 75,000
  • High Definition 5 orders of magnitude dynamic range achieved at UHPLC speeds from 50 GBit/sec sampling technology—definitive trace analysis from complex, high-background matrices
  • One shot plug & play acquisition with triple-quad standard sensitivity ensures qualitative and quantitative results in one LC run with fastest time-to-success

Bruker www.bruker.com 

HPTLC Instrumentation

BOOTH 1624

  • Features the automatic TLC sampler for sample application, the Automatic Developing Chamber for plate development, and the Visualizer for documentation/camera system
  • Also includes the TLC scanning densitometer for versatile densitometer evaluation, including variable spectra recording and multiwavelength scanning
  • Direct elution instruments also available, including the fully-automated DBS (Dried Blood Spots) extraction device and TLC-MS Interface

CAMAG Scientific www.camag.com/usa 

Analyzers for Low-level Impurity Detection

BOOTH 3705

  • Users can measure ammonia (NH3), arsine (AsH3), chlorine (CI2), hydrogen chloride ( HCI), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), phosphine (PH3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), total sulfur, total nitrogen, total arsenic, and total chlorides with C.I.’s analyzers
  • Offer some of the lowest detection limits in the world
  • Provide real-time analysis, data collection, and control functions

C.I. Analytics www.cianalytics.com 

Portable Raman Spectrometer

RapID BOOTH 622

  • Extends spectroscopic identification capability from clear containers to non-transparent and colored containers, layered paper and plastic sacks
  • Allows users to verify the contents of each unopened container in seconds, at the loading dock, allowing it to be released immediately into production
  • This saving on handling and lab testing reduces the overhead from hours to minutes

Cobalt Light Systems www.cobaltlight.com 

Rapid Analysis System

TRS100 BOOTH 622

  • Speeds up content uniformity (CU) testing by 10x and offers significant cost-savings for routine quality control of solid dosage formulations
  • Uses transmission Raman spectroscopy (TRS) to rapidly determine the API concentration of tablets and capsules
  • Samples require no preparation, wet chemistry, consumables or solvents and loading samples is straightforward—chemistry skills are not needed
  • cGMP-ready alternative to HPLC

Cobalt Light Systems www.cobaltlight.com 

Gas Chromatograph

FROG-4000™ BOOTH 2518

  • For VOC analysis
  • Weighs less than 5 pounds
  • Allows user to obtain results for BTEX, TCE, PCE and other volatile organic compounds from air, water or soil samples in about 6 minutes
  • Provides “Screening with Meaning” in the field, in a mobile lab, or in a fixed lab, and is easy to maintain

Defiant Technologies www.defiant-tech.com 

Gas Chromatograph

Master BOOTH 3802 & 2557

  • Decreases sample run times in a wide range of GC applications
  • Modular design allows easy change or upgrade to any GC configuration
  • Up to three injection units and three detectors can be mounted simultaneously, and an intuitive touch screen interface controls both GC and AS
  • Paired with one of a choice of two headspace samplers, offers accuracy, sensitivity, flexibility and ease of use

GenTech www.gentechscientific.com 

UV-NIR Spectrometer

FREEDOM BOOTH 1551

  • Provides high efficiency across the complete 190 – 1100 nm range
  • Features ultra-compact size of 50 x 50 x 15 mm, robust and athermal performance, and flexibility in detector and electronics choice
  • Unique grating provides nearly constant diffraction efficiency over the 190 – 1100 nm range for all polarizations
  • Comes in two standard variants

Ibsen Photonics www.ibsenphotonics.com 

Gas Analyzer

Micro GC Fusion BOOTH 1436

  • Offers fast temperature ramping using capillary columns
  • Expands the horizons of fast and transportable gas chromatograph (GC) applications with innovations needed for accurate onsite analysis
  • Now covers up to C12 gas phase analysis with excellent sensitivity and repeatability
  • Equipped with a Micro-electromechanical System (MEMS) Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD) that offers 1 ppm detection limit

INFICON www.inficon.com 

HPLC Columns for Vitamin Analysis

Shiseido CAPCELL CORE BOOTH 2802

  • Allow chromatographers to see increased resolution similar to sub 2 μm porous particles but with considerably lower back pressure
  • Provide the best way to achieve the highest column resolutions with short analysis times when using conventional HPLC
  • Provide improved analysis of vitamins such as K3, K2, D2, D3, E, K1 – saving up to 60% of analysis time for higher efficiency

JM Science www.jmscience.com 

HPLC Columns for Protein Separation

Shiseido HPLC CAPCELL PAK BOOTH 2802

  • Feature the developed Proteonavi to separate proteins and peptides in reversed phase mode
  • Proteonavi utilizes high-purity silica with few metal impurities, and shows minimal irreversible adsorption for proteins and peptides
  • Pore size is as wide as 30 nm, so that large proteins are able to have enough interactions with the stationary phase

JM Science www.jmscience.com 

Benchtop NMR Spectrometers

Spinsolve BOOTH 1043

  • Cryogen-free benchtop NMR system, has been designed to provide an upgradable platform for versatile NMR spectroscopy applications
  • Latest upgrade enables users to perform both fluorine and proton measurements on the same sample without the need for complicated retuning of the probe
  • Single measurements can be made in as short a time as 10 seconds

Magritek www.magritek.com 

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Systems

NanoSight BOOTH 1648

  • Will be shown alongside the Zetasizer Nano and the new Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 GPC/SEC detector
  • Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer featuring new software will also be at Pittcon
  • The Mastersizer can now mimic the performance of other laser diffraction systems so that upgrading from one instrument to another is made easier

Malvern www.malvern.com 

COD Analyzer

PeCOD® BOOTH 3514

  • Delivers accurate COD results in 10 minutes, stopping high load effluent from being discharged, thereby protecting the environment and the public
  • Keeps the analyst and the environment safe by eliminating harmful chemicals from the process
  • More cost effective than the traditional COD method

ManSci www.mansci.com 

Surface Characterization Analyzer

3Flex BOOTH 2213

  • Fully automated, three-station instrument is capable of high-performance physisorption, mesopore, micropore, and chemisorption analyses with excellent accuracy, resolution, and data reduction
  • Each analysis station is upgradeable from mesopore to micropore with the option of designating one station for chemisorption analyses
  • Minimal footprint and three configurable analysis stations eliminate costly investment in multiple instruments and additional bench space

Micromeritics www.micromeritics.com 

Surface Area and Porosimetry Analyzer

ASAP® 2460 BOOTH 2213

  • Incorporates a unique expandable system designed for upgradeable high-performance and high sample throughput
  • Can be configured as a two-, four-, or six-station benchtop system depending on the user’s throughput needs
  • Base two-port master control unit can be expanded to either a four-port or six-port analyzer
  • Includes enhanced software capabilities, data reduction features, and instrument monitoring

Micromeritics www.micromeritics.com 

Nano Particle Size & Zeta Potential Analyzer

NanoPlus BOOTH 2213

  • Utilizes photon correlation spectroscopy and electrophoretic light scattering techniques to determine particle size and zeta potential
  • Can measure the particle size of samples suspended in liquids in the range of 0.1 nm to 12.3 μm with sample suspension concentrations from 0.00001% to 40%, and a sensitivity for molecular weight to as low as 250 Da

Micromeritics www.micromeritics.com 

Surface Area and Porosity System

TriStar® II Plus BOOTH 2213

  • Suited for use in both quality control and research environments and can collect up to 1000 data points
  • Allows fine details of the isotherm to be observed and recorded, providing high resolution and revealing pore structure details
  • The system’s three analysis ports operate simultaneously and independently of one another

Micromeritics www.micromeritics.com 

Microspectrometer

STS-UV BOOTH 2618

  • Designed for integration into spectroscopy instrumentation, medical devices, process monitoring and other applications where a small footprint is desired • Measures just 40 mm x 42 mm and 24 mm high
  • Optimized for applications in the ultraviolet (190-650 nm) including absorbance measurements, point of care diagnostics, emission spectroscopy and laser characterization

Ocean Optics www.oceanoptics.com 

Hydrogen Purity Analyzers

HEMS™ series BOOTH 4251

  • These full spectrum instruments feature limits of detection per impurity of < 1 ppt
  • Self-calibrating analyzer’s short analytical cycle time means it can be used as an on-line impurity monitor
  • Use P+E’s patented palladium diffusion technology combined with advanced quadrupole mass spectrometry to achieve parts-per-trillion resolution
  • Available in two models, the HEMS-M and the HEMS-T

Power & Energy www.PowerandEnergy.com 

PDA UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

Mega Array BOOTH 3204

  • Suited to product assurance testing and quick measurement
  • Delivers confidence and reliability by implementing the same field-proven PDA technology
  • Driven by Scinco LabPro® Plus software and provides low cost of ownership and simplicity
  • Rugged design and small footprint enables users to bring the spectrophotometer where you need from the laboratory to the factory site

Scinco www.scinco.com 

FTIR Spectrophotometer

IRTracer-100 BOOTH 1942

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