To all the lovers of science and chromatography — especially ion chromatography users — to pique your curiosity this year we would like to inspire you to ignite your minds with what ion chromatography...
As a young child, I was often scolded for multitasking too many things. Is multitasking a good thing? I’ll let you decide. Just remember that there are many tasks and only one of you! Can you realisti...
After 20 years of working in the pharmaceutical industry scouting active drugs in research to take to market, along with method transfer to the manufacturing site, I have learned that there is no such...
Everything is perfect. You’re on the beach, sunlight is ideal, just a calm breeze to gently move the hair and you snap the photo using your mobile phone. You immediately look at the picture in gleeful...
Chemical disinfectants used to protect municipal drinking water from potentially dangerous microbes can produce disinfection byproducts – oxyhalides (chlorite, chlorate, bromate, etc.) that are harmfu...
On National Cheese Lover’s Day, I would like to tell you about my cheesy life. I was born in the Far East many years ago. Cheese was not in my diet back then and was very difficult to get. As a young ...
As we close out 2022 — our first full year as a community — the team at AnalyteGuru wishes you a safe and happy holiday season. In the past year, we've published hundreds of blog posts and articles on...
Sing along to "The 12 Days of Christmas" On the first day of Christmas my IC expert sent to me: One eluent water polisher On the second day of Christmas my IC expert sent to me: Two EGCs (eluent gener...
The higher adoption of lithium-ion batteries in the renewable energy sector and plug-in vehicles is driving growth of that market. Moreover, advancement in lithium-ion battery technology — which has i...
Did someone say Christmas? Aside from presents, delicious food and fairy lights, why not treat your lab with all your chromatography essentials for a great price ahead of the new year? Our big end-of-...
Tromethamine is a useful compound in pharmaceutical formulations acting as a buffering agent, an alkalizer, an emulsifying agent, or a counterion for acidic drug substances. Although tromethamine brin...
Nuclear energy now provides about 10% of the world's electricity from about 440 power reactors. Growing global energy demands and climate change abatement goals are driving more investment, particular...
Iodine is a key nutrient for regulating important biochemical reactions, but it can only be acquired through the diet, either through food or dietary supplements. So that consumers are aware of how mu...
Identifying key electrolyte degradation products by chemical analysis can provide insight into elucidating mechanistic pathways that, if blocked, could potentially impart improved degradation resistan...
It’s always been a challenge to find parts for something after you’ve had it for a few years. A lot of times you probably can’t even find the manual, let alone the part number. All you may have is a d...
Introduction With the rise of electromobility and the consequent increase in electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing, the market for lithium-ion batteries (LIB) has seen consistently high growth rates ove...
Brine (salt water), the feedstock of the chlor-alkali industry, is used in the production of chlorine, caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), soda ash (sodium carbonate), hydrogen (hydrochloric acid) and a ...
N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a highly hepatotoxic compound and known carcinogen. In recent years, several drugs, including losartan, ranitidine, and metformin, have been recalled by the U.S. Food ...
Ion chromatography (IC) is a critical analytical tool on which laboratories rely to analyze charged and polar molecules and provide solutions to some of their most challenging problems. Are you intere...
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the human body and plays a key role in many physiological processes, including regulating nerve and muscle function and supporting energy production. To...
Successful operation of a nuclear power plant demands careful control and monitoring of water chemistry in primary coolant dosed with boron and lithium, steam generator tubes dosed with ammonia, close...
This month the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued further revisions to the ever-changing guidance for drug producers when it comes to nitrosamine testing. In 2018 the Federal Drug Administration (...
As we close out 2021, the team at AnalyteGuru would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season. It was an eventful year for us. We grew our analytical science blog into a scientific community, a...
Wine is enjoyed by millions around the world, with a consumer following that appreciates its great variety, color, bouquet and flavor. Connoisseurs differentiate wines according to grape variety, geog...
Last year we celebrated the 45th anniversary of Dionex™, the brand for Thermo Fisher Scientific™ ion chromatography systems and consumables. Dionex is synonymous with — and no doubt one of the most re...
Sour crude natural gas is a highly corrosive form of natural gas containing increased levels of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, which can damage pipework and equipment. These impurities must be n...
What is a successful marriage? Is it a partnership of a similar kind or the opposite that attracts? Maybe it’s to bring out the best in each other? My parents were married for 65 years. Watching them ...
The European drinking water directive is changing – after more than 20 years! The current regulations were produced in 1998, which doesn’t seem that long ago, but we were all just starting to get cell...
Cyclodextrins are an important family of pharmaceutical excipients that are widely used as complexing agents to increase the aqueous solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs. With their characteristic...
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