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Analysing the effect of enzymes in washing powders

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 30 Jan 2007

Washing powders usually only contain one type of enzyme, though some have two or all three; the act…

Analysis of fruits and vegetables

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 25 Aug 2006

A minimal amount of 400g of fruits and vegetables per day (starch containing tubes excluded) is a n…

Is it just water?

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 11 Aug 2006

A closer look at our elixir of life with the determination of zinc, cadmium, lead, copper, thallium…

Water determination by Karl Fischer titration

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 7 Aug 2006

Water or moisture determination is, together with the measurement of the pH value and acid-base tit…

Analysis of calcium in milk using IC

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 13 Jul 2006

Calcium is an essential mineral in the human diet and is essential for strong bones and teeth as we…

Analysis of organic additives in plating baths

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 10 Jul 2006

Using CVS/CPVS (cyclic pulse voltammetric stripping), the plating process and the efficiency of the…

Iodine numbers in carbon blacks

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 29 Jun 2006

Typical classes of chemicals adsorbed onto the carbon black surface are carcinogenic polycyclic aro…

Titration control brings 'magic touch' to the lab

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 27 Jun 2006

In many QC and process control laboratories unskilled staff are often asked to perform analytical t…

Analysis of calcium in milk by ion chromatography

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 14 Jun 2006

Calcium is an essential mineral in the human diet and is essential for strong bones and teeth as we…

Determination of the effectiveness of antioxidants

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 13 Jun 2006

Oxidative stability is important for evaluating the quality of oils, fats and fatty acid methyleste…

Analysis of nitrate and phosphate in fertiliser

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 12 May 2006

Nitrogen and Phosphorus are both present in fertilisers and these can easily and affordably be anal…

Bio diesel analysis and European Standard EN14214

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 3 May 2006

Manufacture and use of fatty acid methyl esters (Fame), has huge implications for the environment; …

Determining the oxidation stability of biodiesel

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 4 Apr 2006

The Metrohm 743 Rancimat is a modern, PC-controlled analytical instrument for the comfortable deter…

Automated colour endpoint titrations.

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 4 Apr 2006

Together with gravimetry, titration is one of the oldest analytical techniques, and both belong to …

Determination of cadmium in effluent water

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 23 Feb 2006

A complete low cost, sensitive analytical solution for the determination of cadmium in effluent wat…

Technique for analysis of biodiesel

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 6 Feb 2006

The manufacture and use of fatty acid methyl esters (Fame), has huge implications for the environme…

Tighter process control of acid pickling baths

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 30 Jan 2006

Metrohm, with more than 60 years experience in the field of ion analysis, has developed a method fo…

Anionic surfactants by two-phase titration

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 22 Dec 2005

New DIN/EN standard for determining anionic surfactants by means of potentiometric two-phase titrat…

Sequential suppression with ion chromatography

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 8 Nov 2005

CO2 suppressor used sequentially with suppressor module, removes both carbonate from the sample as …

Moisture analysis in difficult samples

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 25 Oct 2005

Metrohm's solution to Karl Fischer moisture analysis in difficult samples using elevated temperatur…