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Mid-IR Technologies Help EPA Monitor Environmental Stressors
What role can mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy play in protecting the environment and human health? That is precisely the question being addressed by Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE), a National Science Foundation-Engineering Research Center founded in 2006 at Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) and five partner institutions. The center's goal is to develop mid-IR optical-trace gas sensing systems that can detect minute amounts of chemicals in the environment or atmosphere, including both naturally occurring chemicals and industry contaminants.
To learn more about this work, Spectroscopy recently spoke to Jon Sobus, PhD, of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about how mid-IR technologies are being used in the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) MORE » |
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| Featured News |
European Chemicals Agency Launches Chemical Classification and Labeling Inventory
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland recently launched a new inventory of chemicals called the Public Classification and Labeling (C&L) Inventory.
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Truly 3D Raman Imaging: Confocal Volume Scans & Topography Tracing
Live Webcast: March 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT
This webinar will introduce the principles of state-of-the-art Confocal Raman Imaging as a tool for analyzing the chemical characteristics of a sample three-dimensionally, inside, and at the surface of the sample.
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IO Informatics and Sage-N Research Partner to Discover Potential Biomarkers and a Microbial Detection System
IO Informatics (Berkeley, California) recently entered into a strategic partnership with Sage-N Research, Inc. (Milpitas, California).
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| Question of the Week |
Do you use mid-IR for any of these analyses?
A. Environmental media (such as soil, dust, air, surface water, ground water, and drinking water)
B. Personal media (such as food and consumer products)
C. Biological media (such as blood, urine, breath, and cells)
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
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Elemental Speciation Made Easy and Robust with Separations (HPLC and GC) Systems Interfaced to an Agilent ICP-MS
Live Webcast: Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDT; 16:00 GMT
Register free at  www.spectroscopyonline.com/elemental |
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| Last Week's Results |
Which ambient thermal desorption techniques do you use the most?
Direct analysis real time (DART) |
75% |
Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) |
10% |
Atmospheric solids analysis probe (ASAP) |
1% |
None of the above |
14% |
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| Upcoming Webcasts |
Truly 3D Raman Imaging: Confocal Volume Scans & Topography Tracing
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
11:00 AM EST
This webinar will introduce the principles of state-of-the-art Confocal Raman Imaging as a tool for analyzing the chemical characteristics of a sample three-dimensionally, inside, and at the surface of the sample.
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Measuring Color by UV-vis Spectroscopy: A Tutorial
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
11:00 AM EDT
This tutorial seminar will begin with an introduction to color and color perception. We will then cover the goals of color measurement: what it is, and what it is not.
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Elemental Speciation Made Easy and Robust with Separations (HPLC and GC) Systems Interfaced to an Agilent ICP-MS
Thursday, April 5, 2012
11:00 AM EDT
Elemental Speciation Made Easy and Robust with Separations (HPLC and GC) Systems Interfaced to an Agilent ICP-MS Elemental speciation has come into greater demand in environmental, food, clinical, and life science applications, and rapid, robust instrumental methods that are user-friendly have been needed to meet this demand.
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FT-IR as a Process Analytical Tool for Process Understanding and Control
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
2:00 PM EDT
This presentation will discuss applications of FT-IR technology in the development and process implementation of chemical processes.
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25–29 March 2012
243rd ACS National Meeting and Exposition
San Diego, CA
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28-31 March 2012
10th Biennial Internatinal Conference of the Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG10)
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Materials Research Society Spring Meeting
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23-27 April 2012
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4-6 June, 2012
Principles of Fluorescence Techniques course
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