Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed an ion chromatography(IC)-based method for the accurate determination of ammonia in tobacco smoke.

Ammonia is on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) list of toxic compounds in tobacco smoke. Application Note 1054: Determination of Ammonia in Tobacco Smoke describes an approach that achieves better resolution of ammonium from other analytes present in tobacco smoke when compared to other IC methods and therefore is not subject to interference from small amines. The method has high precisions, a low detection limit (0.01 mg/L), and good recoveries (86–115%)...

Metrohm launches the 940 Professional IC Vario, the new high-performance ion chromatography system for research applications and routine use.

J.G. Finneran the industry leader in quality chromatography vials and accessories now offers Certified Vial Kits for LC and Mass Spec.

Understanding the importance of using particulate free vials for sample preparation, our vials are tested to meet the high standards our customers require. LC Certified and Mass Spec Vials are available with or without graduated marking spots.  You may choose from bonded PTFE/Silicone or bonded PTFE/Silicone with slit septa....

RStech Products Available from Hichrom Ltd.

RStech Corporation of Korea manufactures the OPTIMAPAK and HECTOR ranges of HPLC columns and the INOPAK range of SPE columns. OPTIMAPAK columns are available in C18, C8, NH₂ and Silica chemistries. The newer HECTOR HPLC column ranges include series of bonded phases, offering the customer a wide choice of selectivities. The INOPAK SPE range consists of C18, C8, NH₂, Silica and Florisil phases for high recoveries and a wide range of applications...

Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid LC-MS technology to power new cellular signaling network research  

Thermo Fisher Scientific and  the Department of Systems Biology at the Technical University of Denmark, (DTU), have formed a collaboration to pursue breakthroughs in the understanding of how cellular protein networks drive important diseases. Under the collaboration, Thermo Fisher will provide early access to new technology and designs, and DTU proteomics scientists will provide feedback and collaborate on new applications...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a simple and accurate method to quantify four key antibiotics in dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) using high-performance liquid chromatography with charged aerosol detection.

Application Note (AN) 1055: Determination of Virginiamycin, Erythromycin, and Penicillin in Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles demonstrates the ability of a specialized protein and peptide column to efficiently separate and resolve the target antibiotics within 15 min, followed by column cleanup and equilibration for a total analysis time of 25 min. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised concern over food-producing animals consuming DDGS with antibiotic residues, which potentially may lead to increased antibiotic resistance in humans and animals...

The Oasis Tool Recommends Optimized Protocols Customized to Customer's Samples

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today unveiled its new web-based Oasis® Method Development Tools designed to help customers reduce their sample preparation method development time as part of Waters Simple Prep™ campaign. Based on the customers’ sample requirements, the Oasis Method Development Tools will recommend the optimized solid-phase extraction (SPE) protocol to develop robust methods with high recovery for liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry applications...

J.G. Finneran Associates, an industry leader in high quality chromatography vials and accessories, manufactures headspace vials and closures to the same high quality standards.

J.G. Finneran manufactures their line of headspace vials from only Type I borosilicate glass for durability, heat resistance and low extraction.  Available in either clear glass or amber glass for light sensitive samples.  The vial’s wide opening allow for samples to be easily added, and all 20mL headspace vials are available with a marking spot.

Porvair will officially launch the UltraVap Mistral robot-compatible automatic dry down station at Drug  Discovery 2013 (Manchester, UK) and Biotechnica 2013 (Hannover, Germany)

Drawing upon Porvair’s market leading position in nitrogen blow down evaporation – the UltraVap Mistral offers a simple, turnkey solution for integrating an automatic dry downstep into your automated liquid handling protocol.  The UltraVap Mistral is fully optimised to work with robotic liquid handling systems from suppliers including Beckman, Hamilton and Tecan and features a new “shuttle” design capable of serving and retrieving microplates to and from the robot deck without further need for off-deck handling.

Advanced Chromatography Technologies Limited has launched two new Ultra-Inert phases for method development; ACE C18-Amide and ACE CN-ES. These products incorporate the latest developments in UHPLC/HPLC stationary phase design and provide chromatographers with new choices for alternative selectivity, without compromising stability or robustness.

VICI Valco’s Cheminert Model M6 and M50 Liquid Handling Pumps are a new generation of pumps for precision handling of liquids and/or gases, producing a bidirectional pulseless flow with a range of over six orders of magnitude (5 nL/min to 5 mL/min for the M6 Pump; 1 µL/min to 25 mL/min for the M50 Pump).

An excellent replacement for syringe pumps, the Cheminert pumps offer better performance and eliminate the need for refill cycles and syringe changes. The M6 and M50 are positive displacement pumps, which means they are self-priming and tolerant of any gas which may find its way into the fluid lines. There is no separate fill cycle, and the capacity is unlimited. RS-232 and RS-485 communication protocols are incorporated into the microprocessor-driven controller. (USB interface requires an adapter.) The included software package controls flow rates, flow direction and metered volumes...

Torrey Pines Scientific announces its new EchoTherm™ HPLC Column Heater Model CO20. 

The temperature range is from room temperature to 90.0°C readable and settable to 0.1°C.  The PID temperature control software regulates temperatures to ±0.1°C.  Temperature accuracy and stability are ±0.1ºC with a stable temperature indicator lamp on the front panel that lights when the target temperature is stable to within ±0.2ºC. The unit holds columns up to 30 cm long by ¼” or 3/8” diameter in mounting clips provided with room for guard columns and fittings. Larger diameter columns can be used by removing the column clips that hold the smaller columns...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note on fast separations in a carbonated beverage using increased flow rates on our high-pressure capillary Ion Chromatography (IC) system, the Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-5000+ Reagent Free HPIC system.

Technical Note 118: Fast Separations of Anions and Organic Acids in a Carbonated Beverage Using High-Pressure Capillary IC describes the determinations of organic acids in these carbonated beverages. The beverage industry uses these acidulants and flavoring agents to maintain beverage freshness, to minimize microbiological growth and to add a characteristic flavor...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. introduces new pH gradient buffer solutions designed to save time in method development and facilitate method transfer to QA/QC for a wide range of MAb charge variants using an HPLC system.

Unlike traditional salt gradients, the new Thermo Scientific buffers enable users to predict the pH and retention times of charge variants and use a narrow pH range to produce higher resolution separations. The solutions and kits are designed to deliver highly-reproducible, linear pH gradients in cation exchange chromatography for MAbs, proteins and biosimilars. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a large portfolio of bioseparations consumables and instruments, including MAbPac and ProPac cation exchange columns...

ACE C18-Amide is a new, uniquely designed UHPLC/HPLC stationary phase offering improved retention of polar compounds, enhanced phenolic resolution and alternative selectivity to C18 bonded columns.

The unique ligand design of the ACE C18-Amide incorporates an extended alkyl chain spacer between the silica surface and amide polar group, which gives extra phase stability in eluents of pH 2 - pH 8.  The longer C18 tail increases the hydrophobic mechanism of interaction compared to phases with shorter (C14 - C16) tail groups...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for a fast and sensitive determination of paraquat and diquat in tap and environmental water samples.

This approach uses on-line solid phase extraction (SPE) and achieves method detection limits that meet the requirements of both U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Method 549.2 and European Union 98/83/EC. Application Note (AN) 1051: Sensitive and Rapid Determination of Paraquat and Diquat in Tap and Environmental Water demonstrates use of a mixed-mode column to provide sufficient retention, excellent resolution, and good peak shape for these herbicides...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Water Purification Portfolio 

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has launched the Thermo Scientific Barnstead GenPure xCAD Plus water purification system, featuring advanced technology that allows simultaneous dispensing from three remote dispensers for exceptional flexibility and ease of use in shared laboratory environments. Additionally, the company announced enhancements to its existing systems...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note discussing rapid separation of inorganic cations in municipal wastewater using our high pressure capillary Ion Chromatography system, the Thermo Scientific Dionex 5000+ ICS HPIC system.

Technical Note 121: Fast Determinations of Inorganic Cations in Municipal Wastewater Using High-Pressure Capillary IC demonstrates how the separation of inorganic cations are important to municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment plants for compliance monitoring. Cationic determinations are necessary as part of the water monitoring program’s secondary water specification of acceptable taste....

Malvern Instruments is showcasing new analytical tools for biopharmaceutical applications on its exhibition booth at The Bioprocessing Summit in Boston

In July the company launched two new systems, the Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 and the Viscosizer 200, for the characterization of biological materials. These join Malvern’s rapidly growing range of analytical instruments, which also includes the Zetasizer Nano ZSP, for use in pre-formulation and formulation studies and for the wider characterization of proteins and other macromolecules.....

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note on the fast separations of inorganic ions in saline solution samples.

TN 130: Fast Determinations in Salton Sea Samples Using a High-Pressure IC System demonstrates fast separations of inorganic anions and cations in a Salton Sea surface water sample and a neighboring municipal drinking water sample using ion-exchange chromatography. Monitoring salinity levels in estuarine ecosystems is critical to preventing salinity-specific diseases... 

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new gas chromatography (GC) method for the analysis and quantifying of residual solvents in pharmaceutical products and excipients as a result of the production process according to the U.S. Pharmaceutical Method (USP) 467.

In this method, concentration limits are set for each solvent, and 53 solvents are analyzed and grouped according to their health hazards, including Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. This method features the use of a valve-and-loop sampling system that simplifies headspace analytical methods, the Thermo Scientific™ TriPlus™ 300 Headspace Autosampler, which, combined with innovative chromatography software, met the analytical requirements of the USP Method 467 with full auditing capability...

PREP 2014:  27th International Symposium, Exhibits and Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Adsorption Processes and Related Separation Techniques  

Save the dates! PREP 2014 July 20 - 23, 2014 Boston, MA, USA. Premier arena for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments in Preparative and Process Chromatography, Separation Science and Technology. PREP 2014 is where scientists, engineers, and suppliers of media, equipment, and technology from around the world come to focus on the cutting-edge areas of preparative and process chromatography, to learn how to solve today's practical problems, and to prepare for the future...