- Alloys Could Reduce Costs for Chemical and Petrochemical Industries
- KBC Signs Agreement for Lummus Ethylene Furnace Model
- Strengthen U.S. Scientific Foundations for Innovation
- Microbes for Groundwater MTBE
- Gas Chromatograph Delivers Fast Injection-to-Injection Time
- Moderate-Capacity Cation-Exchange Colum
- Updated LIMS Offers More Power and Greater Ease of Use
- NIST-Traceable Water Standard Oil
- Atomic Absorption Spectrometers Reduce Re-Runs
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Ethanol Producers Testing for Sulfates!
Denver 352E Titrator is pre-programmed to perform ASTM D-6174. You can
expect results in less than 5 minutes, with reproducibility in the 0 to
4 ppm range of ± 0.05 ppm. Technical training and ongoing support is
included with your purchase. Go online or call 800.321.1135 for more information.
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Award-Winning Alloys Could Reduce Costs for Chemical and Petrochemical Industries
Materials developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory could provide large cost and energy savings to the chemical and petrochemical industries.
The new alloy are resistant to metal dusting, a type of degradation that occurs at elevated temperatures in hydrocarbon-containing atmospheres in which carbon activity is high. continue
KBC Signs Agreement for Lummus Ethylene Furnace Model
KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc. (KBC) has announced the recent agreement with ABB Lummus Global (Lummus) to license their new kinetic-based ethylene furnace software, Pyrolysis Yield Prediction System, (PYPS+TM).
The agreement brings together ABB Lummus Global’s expertise as the world leader in ethylene technology with KBC’s unparalleled profit improvement methodology and process simulation software.
KBC will use Lummus’ proven, rigorous pyrolysis furnace model in its consulting work to evaluate and optimize its clients’ petrochemical and refinery-petrochemical complexes. The latest version of the PYPS+ furnace model will be integrated into Petro-SIMTM, KBC’s industry-leading process simulation software. Petro-SIM currently includes KBC’s rigorous SIM models of refinery and aromatics units within a full-featured flowsheeting environment. The addition of the ethylene furnace model further extends these capabilities to produce a fully integrated model to optimize refining, aromatics, and olefins processes. continue
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Development of ASTM Methods for Sulfur by Gas Chromatography
and Chemiluminescence
Gas chromatography (GC) as an analytical technique is accepted
and widely used. Its application is amenable to gaseous, liquid
and even solid samples using a variety of sample introduction
techniques. The use of a sulfur-specific detector coupled with GC
for the analysis of trace species in petroleum and petrochemical
samples is of particular interest, and the Sievers® Sulfur
Chemiluminescence Detector (SCD) has become a commonly used
for this.
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Strengthen U.S. Scientific Foundations for Innovation
Increasing global competition demands new capabilities for advancing scientific discoveries that are essential to fueling the U.S. economy and securing the future. The President has established the American Competitiveness Initiative, and Congress has introduced legislation to increase investments in physical science and engineering with the intention to accelerate discovery and the translation of those discoveries into positive economic impact. continue
Microbes for Groundwater MTBE
Max Häggblom’s Rutgers laboratory has taken an important step on the path to using microbes to rid the environment of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a toxic gasoline additive classified as a potential human carcinogen. It has contaminated virtually all groundwater in the United States through fuel spills and leaking underground gasoline storage tanks.
“While gasoline hydrocarbons are much more toxic than MTBE, they are just candy to microbes and don’t become as persistent a problem,” said Häggblom, a professor in Rutgers’ department of biochemistry and microbiology and the Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment on Rutgers’ Cook College campus. “MTBE is slowly being banned, but it’s going to stay in our groundwater for centuries,” he said. continue
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New AQUACOUNTER® AQ-300 Karl Fischer Titrator
The new AQUACOUNTER Coulometric Karl Fischer Titrator (AQ-300) is an easy-to-use compact titrator with performance features that allows analysts to measure moisture content from low to high concentrations quickly and easily. A training DVD assists users in making measurements simple and routine with unsurpassed precision. The AQ-300 has six built-in calculation modes to accommodate solid, liquid and gas samples. A statistics package is also included along with four files with preset conditions. Instantly recall data from up to 20 samples or simply download titration data to a laptop or PC with free download software and RS-232 cable. Titration status is continuously monitored and direct key access allows entry of titration parameters. Balance and computer interfaces for GLP and ISO documentation are standard. Choice of thermal or impact printer is also available. Competitive pricing makes this the perfect unit for budget conscious laboratories.
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Gas Chromatograph Delivers Fast Injection-to-Injection Time
PerkinElmer’s Clarus 600 series gas chromatograph delivers fast combined heat-up and cool-down rates. Powered by an advanced oven design, the economical unit enables labs to reduce analytical cycle times and improve sample throughput. continue
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Moderate-Capacity Cation-Exchange Column
Suited for demanding power generation, chemical, petrochemical and food sample applications, Dionex’s IonPac CS18 cation-exchange column is of moderate capacity and hydrophobicity. It is targeted for isocratic and gradient separations of polar amines, including alkanolamines and methylamines, and moderately hydrophobic amines such as biogenic amines, alkyl diamines and polyamines. continue
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Updated LIMS Offers More Power and Greater Ease of Use
Thermo Electron’s Updated SampleManager LIMS 9.0 is built on the Microsoft .NET platform, incorporates a Service Oriented Architecture and features a modern user interface. Purpose-built functionality and workflows increase efficiencies and productivity in industries such as petrochemical, chemical and others. continue
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NIST-Traceable Water Standard Oil
Crescent Chemical’s NIST-traceable AQUASTAR Karl Fischer water standard was specifically developed for the petrochemical industry. Its transformer oil-based formulation eliminates sample versus standard dissolution profile variations. continue
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Atomic Absorption Spectrometers Reduce Re-Runs
Thermo Electron’s Si and Mi Atomic Absorption (AA) spectrometers incorporate unique intelligent Spectrometer Qualification (iSQ), which is able to automatically test and confirm the spectrometer’s hardware performance prior to any analytical run. continue
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