41 Environmental Analysis & Electrochemistry
Organic Pollutant Analysis in Environmental Samples
Determination of organic pollutants in environmental matrices is a common task for thousands of environmental laboratories worldwide. Conventional sample preparation methods, making use of large solvent volumes and involving intensive sample manipulation, can increase the overall laboratory costs.
Speed up your process whilst reducing reagents consumption using microwave enhanced extraction with a Milestone EthosX from Analytix. Contact the experts to explore the advantages of reducing processing time and analysis costs for the determination of organic pollutants, like PAHs, PCBs, Pesticides, Phenols, Phthalates, EOM, Dioxins. TPH’s, and Furans.
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New Kit Quantifi es Somatic Coliphages in Water According to ISO 10705-2
Since the 19th century, faecal bacterial indicators have been used to detect the presence of faecal contamination in water and to infer the possible presence of waterborne pathogens. However, many outbreaks caused by viral pathogens transmitted in bacteriologically safe waters showed the need for improved water quality monitoring with faecal viral indicators. The answer to this question is coliphages, viruses that infect enterobacteria, mainly Escherichia coli but not exclusively.
Bluephage promotes the use of somatic and F-specific coliphages as viral indicators because when coliphages are present, other viruses may be present. Therefore, control by this viral indicator may prevent some diseases related to human viruses.
The Bluephage Easy Kit BP1601 is an easy-to-use and ready-to-use method that speeds up the process of detecting coliphages, according to the ISO 10705-2 standard method.
The current ISO method is not complicated to perform but involves many steps and a few weeks to prepare and calibrate the working bacterial
culture and positive control. Bluephage, a biotechnology company founded at the University of Barcelona, specialises in the analysis of coliphages as viral indicators in water, food, and biosolids. Its first product line (Easy Kits) reduces the time and processes to perform the standard methods.
The Bluephage Easy Kit BP1601 provides all components, reagents and biological materials calibrated to simplify the analysis of somatic coliphages according to the ISO method, allowing laboratories with basic microbiological equipment to obtain reliable results. However, the main advantage of its use is in time, as it saves all the period needed to prepare working cultures. The E. coli lyophiles are ready to use after a 120-150 min incubation and the Φx174 coliphage for positive control is validated by Bluephage to comply with the control chart quality requirements.
This kit allows quantification of somatic coliphages in all types of water: raw and treated wastewater, surface water, recreational water, shellfish extracts, sediments and sludge extract, after dilution when necessary. In addition, it could be applied to drinking water after a higher volume concentration.
With this Easy Kit, Bluephage works to prevent the environmental health threat posed by contaminated water by providing water quality testing laboratories with fast, practical and effective solutions for the early detection of viral contamination of water through coliphages.
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The Hiden pQA portable gas analyser is a versatile mass spectrometer and offered with a range of interchangeable sampling inlets to suit a broad application range. MIMS inlets are offered for analysis of dissolved species in ground water, fermentation cultures, soil samples, and general applications where analysis of dissolved species in liquid sample is required.
The system is suited to gas analysis applications, where sample volume is small, and for environmental applications where detection of low concentration levels is required. The pQA system has a mass range of 200 amu and sub ppb detection levels. Extended mass range to 300amu is optional.
The system is supplied in a Pelican® case and can be powered by a 12 V supply for fi eld use, battery and/or solar powered, or a 220 V supply for laboratory use.
Sampling inlet systems are offered for a broad application range including: Direct membrane inlet probe for immersion and/or insertion in liquid or sludge sample, soil core sampling for example; Recirculating probe for analysis of sample with continuous fl ow, extracted sea or estuary water for example; Flow through probe, low fl ow design for denitrifi cation studies.
The system includes: Quadrupole mass spectrometer system from the RGA series with mass range options 200 amu; Mass spectrometer analyser manifold and UHV pump set with a manually valved dissolved species probe with silicone rubber membrane; Ion Gauge and interlocks to provide protection for the mass spectrometer in case of over pressure; fast acting shut off valve between the dissolved species probe and mass spectrometer manifold to protect the mass spectrometer in case of membrane failure - the valve is interlocked with the integral UHV pressure gauge; supplied in a ruggedised Pelican case for usability in the fi eld; can be powered by a 12 V supply, from a vehicle power outlet, for example as well as a standard power outlet for laboratory use; total weight is less than 40 kg.
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Instruments for Environmental and Energy Research
Environmental and Pollutant Monitoring in
Remote Locations pQA – Portable Quadrupole Analyzer
Energy Storage Research and CO2 Conversion Studies
HPR-40 DEMS – For species analysis in electrochemistry
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Automated Leak Analysis for Sealed Packages
LAS – Automated leak analysis for sealed packages
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