2nd September 2020
Plastic PPE: Disposal and Waste
There has been a war against plastic going on for many years, encouraging consumers to…
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27th August 2020
Limonene Content in Recycled Plastics by Pyrolysis-GC-MS
Most of the packaging materials used in the food/drink, household and cosmetic sectors are made…
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28th July 2020
CHNS/O Elemental Analyzer: How does it work?
What is an elemental analyzer? An elemental analyzer is a piece of equipment that identifies the elemental or…
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2nd June 2020
The Danger of Heavy Metals: The Effects
Heavy metals are in a wide range of products, from solar panels, to a wide…
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1st June 2020
Calorific Value of Materials via Bomb Calorimetry
Reviewing the Bomb Calorimetry method of standard ISO 1716 & ASTM D240. Nowadays, knowing the…
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25th May 2020
RoHS – Reduction of Hazardous Substances
How to Test your products for RoHS compliance as per European Union's Directive 2011/65/EU and…
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9th April 2020
Persistent Organic Pollutants: What are they?
What are Persistent Organic Pollutants? Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are the name of a group…
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26th March 2020
Hazardous Waste and Heavy Metals – Worry for Recyclers
There are lots of problems in WEEE recycling, especially when dealing with hazardous waste and…
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18th March 2020
ICP-OES: Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectroscopy
What is an ICP-OES? ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectroscopy) is an analytical…
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16th March 2020
GCMS: Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
What is GCMS? Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GCMS) are two technologies, used together to find…
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