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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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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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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The Dans give you a preview of our booth and offerings just as if you made to Galveston for the Gulf Coast Conference this week. All from the comfort of your home (or workplace).
To prepare for Gulf Coast Conference we put oil through the GC-FID to run ASTM D7593 and let me tell you the results were interesting, so… We gassed up! And are ready to head out to Galveston, Texas for Gulf Coast Conference 2024! Be sure to stop by booth number 122 to…
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Recently we became aware of an interesting and very popular GC-FID application. Users of heavy machinery regularly send out samples of their engine oil to monitor the performance and status of their machinery, and there are specialty labs all over that specialize in the testing of this oil via GC-FID. With Gulf Coast Conference…
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Limited time only! Insane Iversen has the deal for you!! Get your whole lab chromatographied!! My man Dan can make it happen! Don’t be the only chemist who doesn’t have the coolest lab equipment around!!
Last week, the GC-FID tried some sour candy to test for citric acid. This week the LC-UV gets to try some orange and lime juices to also test for citric acid. Citric acid is what give citrus fruits their tart taste and was first found by chemist Carl Scheele, who crystalized it from lemon juice…
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Citric acid is a weak, colorless organic acid. The main sources of citric acid are citrus fruits such as limes and lemons, and due to this many people confuse citric acid and vitamin C. Citric acid is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle or Krebs cycle, an important process in the body to get…
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Dan discusses different types of HPLC autosamplers, how they work, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. He even takes us in the lab to show us how the different parts of the Lucidity LC and how it works.
