Lucidity sent the Dan’s to the Spring ACS show in New Orleans to exhibit the GC-FID, GAS, and LC-UV and the response was overwhelmingly positive! We had an outstanding showing at the Spring ACS (American Chemical Society) meeting in New Orleans last week. We took over 200 leads and had a chance to catch up…
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Career days at elementary schools are often filled with excitement as young minds get the opportunity to explore various professions. Recently, I had the privilege of participating in one such event. As I walked the halls into the classroom where I was to give my presentation, I couldn’t help but to remember when I was…
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It seemed like a great idea to ship a chemist out with each GC-FID or LC-UV until they started flying off the shelves. Now we’re concerned we’re gonna run out of chemists. But there’s nothing better than having a “chemist in a box” along with your analytical system to help walk you through setup, operation,…
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Your favorite Dans are being packed up and sent to New Orleans! They’re a little late for Mardi Gras, but they’re just in time for the National Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in New Orleans from March 17-21, where the theme is Many Flavors of Chemistry. Catch up with them during the…
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Prof Dan explains briefly and simply what Limit of Detection and Limit of Quantitation mean, two concepts and terms that are important to understand when preforming chemical analysis with techniques like Gas Chromatography (GC) and Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Folic Acid, Folate, or Vitamin B9 is a key vitamin used by the human body to generate new healthy red blood cells, form DNA and RNA, and break down a certain amino acid, homocysteine, that can be harmful in high amounts. The need for Folic Acid is especially important during pregnancy, which is why there…
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Chemist Dan shows you how to perform dilutions in the chemistry lab, which is an important pre analysis step for preparing samples and standards for GC or U/HPLC analysis.
It only seems appropriate during cold and flu season that we do something on soaps and hand sanitizers, and interestingly enough, we have some customers who are analyzing exactly that. One of the active ingredients our customers are looking for is BZK (Benzalkonium chloride), also known as BAC, BKC, and BAK. BZK is an antimicrobial…
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Professor Dan explains how much sample you should put in your Gas Chromatograph (GC), and how to adjust the amount of sample you’re putting in
Whether you drink a beer from a major manufacturer, the local brewer down the street, or even brew the beer yourself, knowing the ethanol content of that beer is an important piece of information. Up until 1995 the alcohol content wasn’t allowed to be on beer labels at all until the Coors Brewing Company successfully…
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