waste sampling News
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Shimadzu’s New Fraction Collector FRC-40 for HPLC Sets New Benchmarks in Preparative Scale Fractionation
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of the new Fraction Collector FRC-40 for high-performance liquid chromatography, which significantly advances preparative scale fractionation. The FRC-40 sets new benchmarks in purification workflow, providing simplified purification procedures and efficient use of bench space. The FRC-40 incorporates improved fraction simulation to ...
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Tumble motion shaker
Whenever waste is handled or disposed, it is vital to evaluate any potential hazard both to humans and the environment. The main problem is the release of soluble components upon contact with water. Thus the analysis of representative waste samples is necessary and even defined by European Standards for waste acceptance criteria.In order to replicate conditions of the analysis for leachate water, ...
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Students gain valuable experience with work placements
Over the past month Advetec’s Head Office in Midsomer Norton, UK has worked with Writhlington School welcoming 8 students in total over the period for work experience placements. The work experience program, put together by Advetec’s Training & Education Director Paul Harding is designed to offer students valuable experience in the workplace and included time with the Laboratory, ...
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ASTM D6009 - 12 Standard Guide for Sampling Waste Piles
This guide is intended to provide guidance for sampling waste piles. It can be used to obtain samples for waste characterization related to use, treatment, or disposal; to monitor an active pile; to prepare for closure of the waste pile; or to investigate the contents of an abandoned pile. Techniques used to sample include both in-place evaluations of the ...
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Collaborate Research of Lumex and Xinjiang Environmental Monitoring Station
Lumex Instruments engineers were invited by Xinjiang Environmental Monitoring Station in China to participate in water quality analysis. The study subject was determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in water using two different methods - fluorescence spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy for the determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in surface water and waste water samples. Lumex analyzer ...
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New EPA toolkit to help municipal governments confront recycling challenges
EPA Region 4 is releasing a new Municipal Government Toolkit (MGTK). The MGTK provides a centralized web-based resource for recycling-related information designed specifically to assist local government leaders and recycling program coordinators. The MGTK provides a key resource to help elected officials and decision-makers identify information to develop, evaluate, support, and/or expand their ...
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ASTM D5495 - 03(2011) standard practice for sampling with a composite Liquid Waste Sampler (COLIWASA)
This practice is applicable to sampling liquid wastes and other stratified liquids. The COLIWASA is used to obtain a vertical column of liquid representing an accurate cross-section of the sampled material. To obtain a representative sample of stratified liquids, the COLIWASA should be open at both ends so that material flows through it as it is slowly lowered to the desired sampling depth. The ...
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ASTM D6063 - 11 Standard Guide for Sampling of Drums and Similar Containers by Field Personnel
1. Scope 1.1 This guide covers information, including flow charts, for field personnel to follow in order to collect samples from drums and similar containers. 1.2 The purpose of this guide is to help field personnel in planning and obtaining samples from drums and similar containers, using equipment and techniques that will ensure that the objectives of the ...
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Coast guard and EPA send directive to BP on oil spill waste management plan (HQ, AL, FL, LA, MS)
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard, along with EPA, and in consultation with the states, will hold BP accountable for the implementation of the approved ...
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Tracking trash
What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or 'disposable' razors? A team of MIT researchers have announced a major project called Trash Track, which aims to get people thinking about what they throw away. Trash Track relies on the development of special electronic tags that will ...
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COD Analyzer for Waste Water Analysis
LAR's QuickCODultra is an online COD analyzer for the determination of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) in complex water. The analyzer uses a robotic horizontally and vertically moving injection needle. It enables the injection of the raw waste water sample incl. particulates into the oven. Thus, operators do not need any sample preparation such as filtration. The COD analyzer works with a high ...
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QuickTOCultra, the answer to challenging applications
In close cooperation with our distributors and customers we have developed a new reagent and filter-free QuickTOCultra product line that is based upon the unique thermal oxidation technique at 1200 degrees Celsius. It offers the ultimate solution for difficult applications integrating a unique injection system, a proven and patented catalyst-free oxidation technique and a multi-stream option in ...
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Tips & Tricks on Correct Usage of Refractometers
As a service to its chemical industry laboratory partners, METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce some simple yet effective tips and tricks to ensure accurate refractive index determination. The refractive index is normally determined as a part of the characterization of liquid samples. It helps to identify or confirm the identity of samples, to determine the concentration of a solute in a ...
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EPA Announces Hiring of Pollution Prevention Expert Dr. Anahita Williamson will Lead EPA Region 2 Science Division
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 announced that it has selected Rochester Institute of Technology engineer Dr. Anahita Williamson to be the Director of EPA Region 2’s Division of Environmental Science and Assessment in Edison, NJ. Dr. Williamson is currently director of the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In her six ...
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Verderflex Peristaltic Pumps For Reliable Wastewater Performance
A leading international wastewater instrumentation manufacturer is now using peristaltic pumps from Verderflex as part of the wastewater sampler systems it manufactures. The pumps provide reliable and accurate performance which helps the Hydrocell sampler systems produced by Halifax-based Smart Storm to measure the volume and toxicity of wastewater effluent. As a leading provider of water and ...
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Axion Consulting voices concerns over MRF Code sample sizes
Resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting has voiced concerns that proposed sampling sizes and techniques for the Materials Recycling Facility Code of Practice could lead to unacceptable margins of error and inaccurate data on material input/output composition. The Manchester, UK-based company, which offers a range of professional MRF services to help managers get the best from their ...
By Axion Group
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Nielsen Environmental Field School announces spring 2009 field course schedule
The Nielsen Environmental Field School will host 9 state-of-the-science field courses across the U.S. from late February through late May, 2009. Each course features field sessions in which students use state-of-the-art equipment and procedures to collect, process and analyze samples. Courses, dates and locations include the following:The Environmental Sampling Field Course (covering every aspect ...
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Whistleblower Discloses Violations at Chemical Weapons Depot
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - A scientist overseeing chemical weapons storage operations at the Bluegrass Army Depot in Kentucky claims he was fired for reporting worker safety, environmental and data integrity violations, according to legal filings released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER. The Army facility is already the subject of a criminal grand jury convened by ...
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Portable XRF for soil and waste screening
The new xSORT hand-held XRF spectrometer from SPECTRO Analytical Instruments can achieve laboratory-quality analysis on soil and waste samples. Laboratory analysis by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry has been an accepted technique for the analysis of such materials for many years and was given official approval by European Standard EN 15309:2007. Using the simple sampling procedures described in ...
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Fort Wainwright fined over $79,000 dollars for banned motor vehicle waste disposal wells
The Fort Wainwright Army base will pay over $79,000 for failing to shut down three banned motor vehicle disposal wells by the closure deadline, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA banned Class V injection wells for motor vehicle waste disposal in 1999 because of the risks they pose to groundwater sources. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, facilities in ...
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