Keywords Acrylates, methacrylates, consumer products, pyrolysis, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry Abstract Acrylates and methacrylates are two important classes of polymers used in a wide variety of products. Acrylates are polymers […]
LEARN MOREThe GERSTEL PYRO system heats the sample using an advanced dual coil platinum wire that allows it to operate in a variety of pyrolysis modes including standard pulsed, sequential, fractionated, […]
LEARN MOREApp Note 234/2022 Materials used to construct golf balls have evolved over the years. The original golf balls were made of wood. The next generation of balls were made from […]
LEARN MOREApp Note 233/2022 Plastics have become a major source of pollution due to their ubiquitous use in a wide array of products. Most plastics are not readily biodegradable and can […]
LEARN MORE1,4-Dioxane is a chemical contaminant formed in trace amounts as a byproduct during the manufacturing process of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers and some solvents, which are widely used ingredients of […]
LEARN MOREAs the cannabis market continues its seemingly exponential growth, there is an immediate need for testing the variety of cannabinoid containing sample types now available. Here we show that a […]
LEARN MOREApp Note 214/2020 In this document we describe a method developed to quantify persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in dietary supplements using […]
LEARN MOREApp Note 213/2020 Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and olfactory detection (GC-MS/O) allows for separation and identification of aroma compounds in complex sample matrices with […]
LEARN MOREApp Note 190/2017 Water quality is of the utmost importance and recently the importance of analyzing water for emerging contaminants has been brought to light. Among the emerging compounds being […]
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