Articles and Case Studies from Buck Scientific Inc

Leachate and Hydrolysate Content of Food Grade Polymers using Microwave Preparation with Non-Contact Temperature & Pressure Control

Food SAFETY is a primary concern for manufacturers and consumers World-wide. While there is always concern for the Food PRODUCT itself… from either Microbial or Chemical contamination… there is also a need to preserve Food for storage and ...

Jan. 1, 2006

Analysis of Organic plating Bath Additives and Chemicals by Isocratic HPLC

In today’s world, over 75% of all metal surfaces on manufactured metal “items” have some sort of plated finish on them. From highchromium steel car bumpers to zinc diecast toys to Silver-contact electronic components. While the primary composition ...

Jan. 1, 2006

Determination of Additives and Preservatives in Beverages by Isocratic HPLC

The Earth is 75% water, as are most life forms on Earth. People need to drink several quarts of water a day to live well, and most of us prefer to consume beverages other than water to satisfy our thirst. Soda (or Pop depending on your location) is ...

Jan. 1, 2006

Measurement of Explosive Residues from Munitions and Armaments by Isocratic HPLC

The government and the military have spent millions of dollars on making millions of tons of explosive materials. Most of these materials are warehoused in storage depots and often-present problems with leaking containers and contamination of the ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Gerald J. DeMenna, Ph.D.

The Universal Sampling Accessory

Infrared Spectroscopy (IR) is one of the most descriptive “tools” available to the analytical organic chemist both for qualitative identification and quantitative determination of single and mixed components. Classically, most samples have been ...

Jan. 1, 2006

Testing of Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Raw Materials & Final Product Formulations for CODEX, USP/NF & BP Regulations

There are STANDARD Guidelines used to define the Identification and Purity of compounds used in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic formulations, as well as the final Products. These protocols are described in great detail in the various Monographs of the ...

Jan. 1, 2006

Accurate Characterization of Polymers and Additives in Personal Care Products and Packaging by Fast-Scanning IR

You can’t buy anything today without a package. Think about it. Blister packs, cellowraps, shrink wraps, barrier bags, vapor films, UV-blocking films, heat-blocking films, tinted plastics, filled polymers, biodegradable bags, structural plastics, ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Gerald J. DeMenna

Rapid Field-Screening of Waste Oil/Solvent Drums with Horizontal ATR / Fast-Screening IR Spectroscopy

While the growth of technology and industry has given us a high standard of living, it has also given us a greater amount of waste products to deal with. A significant portion of the waste is either buried underground or stored in abandoned ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Gerald J. DeMenna

Accurate Determination of Film Thickness by Fast-Scanning IR

Semiconductor components are made primarily from surface-doped substrates of silicon, gallium arsenide, mercury-cadmium telluride, and other highly refractive metalloid materials. Special lenses and mirrors usually have a specific coating to impart ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Gerald J. DeMenna

A 5-minute Screening Method for Incoming Raw Materials in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Normal quality control procedures involve accepting a “lot” of a raw material from a supplier and then performing a series of tests to determine if the material is suitable for use in a manufacturing process. For the drug manufacturing ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Gerald J. DeMenna

Evaluation of Priority Pollutant VOCs in Waste-Water and Solid Waste by EPA Method-624 Gas Chromatography

Processing waste discharges, manufacturing effluents and sewage would not normally have been a problem 50 years ago, but the advent of almost unchecked industrial growth the latter half of the last century has created the POTENTIAL for a wide ...

Jan. 1, 2006

Ultra-Sensitive Coal Tar Distillate Analysis by GC-PID

The distillation of Naphthenes and Coal Tars results in a complex array polynuclear aromatics, or which many do not show up in an analysis by GC-TCD or FID because they are at trace levels in the sample. In some cases these trace products are ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Kevin Attra

Differentiating Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s) by GC / FID / ECD

The analytical chemistry of PCB’s is rigorous, demanding the highest quality in sample preparation and analytical technique. Insufficient sample extraction and inappropriate methods of sample clean-up are the most common sources of error in PCB ...

Jan. 1, 2006

On-Site Analysis of Gasoline Range Organics (GRO) in Soil and Groundwater Using Field Portable Purge and Trap GC / FID / PID

Although leaking underground storage tanks account for the majority of gasoline contamination in soils and groundwater, other events such as accidents during product transportation or delivery are also significant. Spill clean-ups and tank ...

Jan. 1, 2006 Kevin Attra

Buck Scientific Inc Articles

Leachate and Hydrolysate Content of Food Grade Polymers using Microwave Preparation with Non-Contact Temperature & Pressure Control

Analysis of Organic plating Bath Additives and Chemicals by Isocratic HPLC

Determination of Additives and Preservatives in Beverages by Isocratic HPLC

Measurement of Explosive Residues from Munitions and Armaments by Isocratic HPLC

The Universal Sampling Accessory

Testing of Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Raw Materials & Final Product Formulations for CODEX, USP/NF & BP Regulations

Accurate Characterization of Polymers and Additives in Personal Care Products and Packaging by Fast-Scanning IR

Rapid Field-Screening of Waste Oil/Solvent Drums with Horizontal ATR / Fast-Screening IR Spectroscopy

Accurate Determination of Film Thickness by Fast-Scanning IR

A 5-minute Screening Method for Incoming Raw Materials in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Evaluation of Priority Pollutant VOCs in Waste-Water and Solid Waste by EPA Method-624 Gas Chromatography

Ultra-Sensitive Coal Tar Distillate Analysis by GC-PID

Differentiating Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s) by GC / FID / ECD

On-Site Analysis of Gasoline Range Organics (GRO) in Soil and Groundwater Using Field Portable Purge and Trap GC / FID / PID

Ambient Air Quality Analysis of Toxic Gases and Priority

Environmental Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Soil, Water and Sludge by GC / PID / DELCD

System Description for Monitoring Volatile Hydrocarbons

Pesticide Analysis by GC / ECD / NPD & FID

Environmental Analysis of BTEX Compounds in Soil, Water and Sludge by GC / PID

Analysis of Natural Gas Products by GC / TCD / FID