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For almost a century, Jotun products have protected all types of property – iconic buildings and private homes, commercial vessels, and onshore and offshore petrochemical plants and refineries. Headquartered in Sandefjord, Norway, and doing business in more than 100 countries around the world, they’re one of the world’s leading manufacturers of paints and coatings, combining top …

If you needed one more reason to think about the long-term dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, this could be it: the European Environment Agency describes PFAS as “forever chemicals” – highly persistent and bioaccumulative compounds that have been used in various industrial and consumer products for decades, leading to their extensive …

One of the most critical issues facing mining operators today is also the rarest: we’re talking, of course, about rare earth elements – the global trends affecting mines and the downstream industries that rely on them, and the key analytical techniques underpinning essential work in elemental identification, characterization, and quantification. For the last 20 years, …

What’s the first thing you do when you arrive at your lab each day? Some people might think it’s to fire up the GC system – but you’re probably going to power up your PC. Because as gas chromatography technology continues to evolve, labs require chromatography data system (CDS) software that can support those powerful …

In today’s evolving industrial landscape, the concept of Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing various sectors by leveraging digitalization and automation to drive efficiency (read more here). Laboratories – particularly those involved in quality control and compliance of pharmaceutical production with United States Pharmacopeia (USP) 467 requirements – are also embracing this transformative approach Residual solvent analysis …

For lab managers, every day brings new challenges -and new decisions to make. Some are routine, like maintaining staffing levels and keeping consumables shelves stocked. Others have longer-term consequences -and can have a huge impact on the lab’s ability to deliver expected results for all the analytes that are being testing. Choosing the right HPLC …

The energy storage landscape is looking for alternative battery designs to meet the critical requirements of a rapidly expanding electric battery market. Of the new battery designs in development, all solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are positioned as one of the most promising developments in the market. ASSBs design innovations have the ability to break through energy …

Since its inception in 1973, nothing captures the current state, the emerging challenges, and the future direction of liquid chromatography like the International Symposium of High-Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC Conference). HPLC Conference 2023 returned to Germany, being hosted in Düsseldorf, and the event featured a lineup of keynote speakers, technical sessions, …

Say your job is to test for PFAS in extremely complex sample matrices. How can you detect at the required low levels, without the risk of interferences and contamination? Or maybe you are tasked with detection of mycotoxins in a corn crop. Is it possible to test for them with the required sensitivity? Labs that …

Anyone looking for reasons for the explosion of interest in biofuels need look no further than the adverse effects of our dependence on fossil fuels. Climate change, the increase of pollutants in our air and water, the high cost of conventional fuels, and the desire to reduce dependence on foreign energy sources are just some …