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Capillary electrophoresis introduced to the analysis of wine and spirits - Case Study
Instrument Capillary electrophoresis system Capel 105-M Company LEC (Laboratoire Expertises et Conseils) laboratory Industry Wine and spirits Region Europe One of the leading spirit production control companies in France, LEC successfully uses ...
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The largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions
The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is practiced in at least a dozen countries in Latin America. These industries are the largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions which pollute the air, soil, and water and lead to severe ...
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Seminar on Capillary Electrophoresis for the determination of inorganic cations and anions in Thailand demonstrates the benefits of CE method
In the beginning of October, Lumex Instruments held the hands-on training on Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) in Thailand for our users and potential clients. This event was organized together with our distributor CE Combination and involved ...
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Overview of Using Lead Through the History
Various sources assumed the share of guilt in the fall of the Roman Empire due to the use of the lead pipe, Devonshire colic in the 18th century, poisoning from the addition of lead acetate to wine and pediatric lead poisoning. Not only production ...
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Lumex Instruments takes part in making Mercury history
Minamata disease is one of the most notorious ecological catastrophes of the 20th century. Discharge of mercury-containing effluent by the "Chisso" chemical plant to the Minamata Bay in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, gave rise to a dangerous ...
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How Not to Lose Cadmium While Measuring?
Today cadmium finds a better usage than a hundred years ago. For example, metal cadmium plating is used for anticorrosion coatings that are more stable than zinc, nickel and tin-plated. Cadmium plating of steel parts gives greater resistance to ...
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Life Among The Heavy Metals
Authors in scientific and applied works interpret the meaning of the concept "heavy metals" in different ways. Today, they include more than 40 chemical elements with an atomic mass of more than 50 atomic units. An important role in the ...
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Incandescent, Fluorescent, and Mercury
In light of many countries legislating the retirement of Thomas Edison’s beloved incandescent lamps in favor of more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps, it is important to reassure the consumer that this phase-out is both necessary and ...
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Famous Chemists In History: Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
Few concepts "have laid firmer hold upon the mind," he wrote, than that air "is a simple elementary substance, indestructible and unalterable." Joseph Priestley may not seem like a familiar name off the bat, but his contributions to science are ...
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Mercury and the problems of its disposal
With the increase in the scale of production in XX century has become a problem of creating disposal and storage of waste, in particular mercury, which is hazardous toxicant. Recently mercury has been used for industrial purposes very widely. At the ...
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How to investigate mercury in the oceans?
Mercury is a highly toxic metal that affects the environment and can endanger people`s health, as a powerful neurotoxin. The combustion of coal, waste and fuel are releasing hundreds of tons of heavy metal into the atmosphere annually, and its ...
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Best wishes for the New 2017 Year from Lumex Instruments
The end of the year is always a good time to sum up all the results. Thanks to joint efforts in 2016, we improved the quality of our work, uploaded the products line and entered the new markets. Here is a brief overview of our activity during ...
