Continuing on from last week with the gummy bear sample preparations, I decided to take a look at the different things in that gummy bear. The gummy bear in question is a multivitamin that contains a multitude of different vitamins, so I decided to first focus on Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid. Preparing the sample…
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With gummy candies becoming more common as a matrix for things like cannabinoids and multivitamins, it’s important to have a simple, fast, and repeatable sample preparation in order to obtain reliable values for analytes of interest in these gummies. I started with a multivitamin fiber gummy, and I thought to myself, how do I get…
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When we first began designing the Lucidity GAS we realized that it was important for the GC and the GAS to be in constant contact with a two way dialogue and to know exactly what each other were doing for maximum safety and minimum gas consumption. If your gas chromatograph is informing your gas generator…
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Sometimes we forget about one of the most important costs associated with running a lab – energy costs. Energy costs can add up when you’re having to climate control a lab, especially if you have fume hoods that have certain air movement requirements. On top of that your instrumentation can be pulling a lot of…
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Wasting money is exactly what you’re doing if you’re using gas cylinders with your Gas Chromatograph. Let us help you. Here’s a little math we’ve done. A lab that’s running 2 GC-FIDs only 6-8 hours per day is using around 16 Helium tanks per year, 12 High Purity Air tanks per year, and 4 Hydrogen…
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“I was impressed by the Lucidity instruments. The software is simple, and instruments are small and capable.“ -Research Scientist, Industrial Sector “The instruments are very easy to use. Set-up was a breeze using the videos that were provided.“ -Chemist, Food Laboratory “Easy maneuvers, visual indications of instrument health via lights, fits on the desktop“ -Chemistry…
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