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Infrared Frequencies Lookup Tool

Please note, this tool may not function correctly with older browsers such as Internet Explorer. Please acknowledge Specac and link to this article if you use/reproduce this in anyway. This lookup chart is designed to provide insight into unknown peaks in your IR spectrum. It contains many common functional groups along with their characteristic IR absorption frequencies (in wavenumbers). Please ...

Feb. 4, 2019

By Specac Limited

Temperature Effect on Preconsolidation Pressure

A change in temperature is known to affect the deformation properties of a clay specimen. In order to study the effect quantitative y and its dependence on clay type a number of oedometer tests were carried out. Conventional incremental oedometer tests as well as constant-rate-of-strain tests were used. Test results clearly show that the preconsolidation pressure decreases with increasing ...

Mar. 1, 1989

By ASTM International

A nature-inspired camouflaging approach to protect nuclear secrets

Nuclear weapons laboratories face a frequent challenge when they have to grant access to classified information (secrets) on a need-to-know (NTK) basis. Currently such access decisions are subjective – leading to risks of releasing classified information to non-deserving information-seekers. This paper suggests a nature-inspired simulation model 'Discerning Nuclear Intentions (DiNI)?NTK' based on ...

Jun. 27, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

PSEG Transforms Environmental Compliance into Powerful Driver for Operational Efficiency, Sustainability

As New Jersey’s oldest and largest investor-owned utility provider, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) provides gas and electricity to three-quarters of the state’s population as well as supplying power to Connecticut and New York. PSEG has always been committed to ensuring that its facilities are in full compliance with a multitude of municipal, state and federal regulations ...

Jun. 1, 2013

By IHS Markit

Element Case Study: E.S. Babcock & Sons, Inc.

E.S. Babcock & Sons, Inc. installed Element in Feb. 2002, and the LIMS system has been an integral part of their operation ever since. The transition itself did not take long, requiring about two days of onsite training with Promium staff members and around one month to transfer existing information and lab systems over to Element. Today, over 40 of Babcock’s employees are licensed Element ...

Aug. 22, 2008

By Promium LLC

Lowering Your Environmental Entropy

You might recall from some of your engineering courses the concept of ‘entropy’ in determining overall plant efficiency and performance. Much of your plant improvement activities are actually geared to lowering the entropy of your plant’s processes to improve its efficiency. But you might be surprised to learn that entropy applies to your plant information as well. Claude Shannon, known as the ...

Jun. 1, 2004

By IHS Markit

Working remotely and the LIMS solution

Now that cell phone and internet coverage are virtually everywhere, it is extremely difficult to disconnect from work. Believe me, I know; I’ve been hiking up the side of a mountain in NC and still received phone calls and emails. Answering work related phone calls while out of breath and telling your five year old to be quiet at the same time can be quite a challenge. However, that kind of ...

May 25, 2017

By Khemia Software Inc

Dispersion and stability of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in aqueous suspension: effects of ultrasonication and concentration

The increasing applications of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles raise concerns about their potential environmental impacts. To investigate the fate and transport of TiO2 nanoparticles in aqueous suspension, ultrasonication is widely used for the dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles in laboratory-scale studies. There is a pressing need for detailed information on the dispersion and stability of ...

Nov. 6, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Intensification of sonochemical degradation of phenol using additives at pilot scale operation

The present work reports the use of sonochemical reactors for the degradation of phenol in the presence of additives with an objective of enhancing the rates of degradation at a pilot scale operation. Process intensification studies have been carried out using additives such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (0.5–2.0 g/L), sodium chloride (0.5–1.5 g/L) and solid particles viz. cupric oxide (CuO) and ...

Jan. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

3D Scanning & Metrology in the Automotive Industry

In today’s automotive industries, just-in-time and automated manufacturing workflows require exceptionally high levels of precision, repeatability and traceability. Car manufacturers, which work with parts assemblies from a vast array of different suppliers, need innovative solutions to ensure that components fit together optimally and guarantee their performance. One set of solutions that ...

Feb. 16, 2021

By Creaform Inc

Polyether antibiotics monensin, narasin, & salinomycin

Polyether antibiotics, such as Monensin, Narasin, and Salinomycin, in raw material, premix, liquid supplements, and final feeds, are best quantified using a high-performance liquid chromatograph equipped with a post-column reactor. The polyether antibiotics react, post-column, with Vanillin in the presence of Sulfuric acid, and the resulting products can be detected at 520 nm. However, this ...

Jun. 10, 2010

By Pickering Laboratories, Inc.

Major UK Lottery uses Matrix Gemini BIMS to Manage its Operation - Case Study

A major UK Sports Lottery has chosen the Matrix Gemini Business Information Management System (BIMS) from Autoscribe Informatics to manage all aspects of its database from confirming eligibility of a ticket for a particular draw to randomly choosing the numbers. Fast Facts Establishment UK Sports Lottery Industry Lottery Geography UK Challenges Integrate with payroll ...

Mar. 22, 2016

By Autoscribe Informatics

Transfer of class 1 integron-mediated antibiotic resistance genes from shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli to a susceptible e. Coli k-12 strain in storm water and bovine feces

Transfer of class 1 integron-mediated antibiotic resistance genes has been demonstrated under laboratory conditions. However, there is no information concerning the transfer of these genes in an agricultural environment. The present study sought to determine if integron-mediated streptomycin and sulfisoxazole resistance genes could be transferred from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) ...

Aug. 1, 2008

By American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Limit Risk and Enhance Balance Testing Ease with New White Paper

Upgrade balance testing security and compliance with WeightLink, an innovative tracking system that assigns unique, scannable identifiers to each weight. Learn how quick weight identification and automated data gathering enhance balance testing by downloading our free white paper as part of METTLER TOLEDO's 2016 e-calendar. Adjustment and testing of lab balances can be an arduous task. ...

Nov. 3, 2016

By Mettler - Toledo Int. Inc

Use of terrestrial field studies in the derivation of bioaccumulation potential of chemicals

Field‐based studies are an essential component of research addressing the behavior of organic chemicals, and a unique line of evidence that can be used to assess bioaccumulation potential in chemical registration programs and aid in development of associated laboratory and modeling efforts. To aid scientific and regulatory discourse on the application of terrestrial field data in this manner, ...

Oct. 5, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Flour Moisture Matters

Welcome to Moisture Matters – the show where we take your everyday and not so everyday objects and test them to see which has more moisture. Today we’re testing flour. Which do you think has more moisture, rice flour or potato flour? The Computrac® MAX® 4000XL is a rugged, reliable loss on drying (LOD) moisture analyzer that delivers moisture analysis results up to 100 times ...

Jun. 18, 2018

By AMETEK Brookfield

Search the ASTM Website

A search at the ASTM website for a specific ASTM standard by designation number will return a link for its current version, with additional links for historical versions. This is straightforward, and often just what you need. But, if you’re interested in what’s available for a general subject area, whether hip implants or fasteners or analytical chemistry and so on, you’ll find ...

Sep. 2, 2014

By ASTM International

The water and energy nexus

The water and energy nexus The interdependence between water and energy has been more widely recognized during the last few years. In the USA, the Energy-Water Nexus initiative was initiated in 2004 as an informal DOE (Department of Energy) National Laboratory project to develop a better understanding of the link between the nation’s energy and water supplies. The laboratories conducted ...

Jul. 9, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Matrix Gemini LIMS at work in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratories have an important function in raw material evaluation and in production and can significantly impact overall manufacturing performance. Enhancing laboratory productivity leads to improved manufacturing efficiency, and information management in laboratory operations is essential to improving laboratory efficiencies. A Thornton & Ross Ltd ...

Jun. 9, 2014

By Autoscribe Informatics

Clay Lumps under Simulated Hydraulic Transport Conditions

Laboratory experiments with compacted kaolinite-bentonite mixtures indicate that degradation of hydraulically transported clay lumps in a dredge pipeline can be predicted and controlled to some extent. The size reduction of these lumps depends not only on the length of the pipeline but also on the density of the clay being dredged, the plasticity index (PI) of the clay, and the velocity of the ...

Dec. 1, 1992

By ASTM International