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Lucidity Hits the Road to do Live Demos!

Daniel is back on the road to do live demos for potential customers who have expressed interest in having an on site demonstration.  So, he loaded up a van full of Lucidity Instruments and headed out on the road to show off what we can offer to the world of chromatography. His first stop, Duke…
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Blood Alcohol Concentration by Headspace GC-FID

Over the end of year holidays I’ve been known to have an alcoholic beverage or two in the evening when I have nothing else to do.  This got me thinking about BAC and what it takes to test that. I know that a field breathalyzer can use either IR Spectroscopy or Potassium dichromate for the…
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Analysis of Trazodone by Lucidity LC-UV

Trazodone is a drug compound that was initially designed to treat depression and anxiety disorders but has also become widely used as a sleep aid.  Because of its increasing popularity, we thought we would test it in our Lucidity LC-UV.  It’s typically found in pill form in 25mg to 100mg pills. We got our hands…
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Trazadone testing in a Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)

Daniel Nason explains what this week’s testing application is, testing Trazadone in a Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC).  Trazadone is a drug compound that is widely used as a sleep aid and for anxiety.      

Diesel Contaminated Motor Oil

In a previous blog post we ran diesel contaminated oil with great success without the need for backflushing.  Afterward we were contacted by labs that do this type of testing and they asked if we could use Heptane as a wash solvent rather than Dichloromethane.  The reason was that they already had a waste stream…
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We’ve shipped 100 systems!

We did it.  And it’s been a heckuva year!  We shipped our 100th system just a couple of weeks ago. The popularity of our GC and LC continue to increase as more and more users get their hands on our systems and start using them.  Nothing makes us feel better than the excitement in our…
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Now he’s in AlaBAMA!

Daniel continues his journey on the road with our partners at Avantor / VWR in Alabama visiting Auburn and University of Alabama Birmingham and connecting with folks from not only those universities but other universities and companies as well.  And again the visits were met with lots of interest.  People really do love the idea…
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Lucidity is on a college tour!

Daniel has been out and about hanging our with our partners at Avantor / VWR on North Carolina college campuses this week giving everyone live demos on the Lucidity GC, GAS, and LC.  We figured what better way to give people a look at the systems than to bring them to their campuses and labs…
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We’re coming to see our Tarheel, Blue Devil, and Wolfpack friends next week!

Lucidity is coming to UNC, Duke, and NC State next week along with our partners, Avantor/VWR.  The Dans have once again loaded up the trusty mini truck, and they are hitting the road and heading to the following universities: Tuesday, November 12: Duke & UNC Wednesday, November 13: NC State Excitingly, they will have systems…
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Software Developers Should Use the Products They Create

Do you ever feel like the software developer who designed the software that you are using never actually used their own product.  Well, here at Lucidity we feel the same way, which is why we made one of our software developers install our GC-FID using only their software and videos. We did this to give…
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