Analysis of Triazine Herbicides in Water Using LC-MS/MS and TraceFinder Software
12 Jul 2010: In this application note, TraceFinder software was used in conjunction with an online preconcentration system, EQuan™, for the robust and reproducible analysis of large volumes of drinking water. Triazines were quantitated at the sub-ppt level, and several commercial bottled drinking water samples and one sugar-free soda sample were analyzed for the presence of triazines.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Accurately Quantify PAHs Down to 5 pg On-Column
12 Jul 2010: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common environmental pollutants, affecting air, water, and soil quality. This application note presents the Rxi®-5Sil MS column and optimized temperature program as an excellent solution to the challenges posed by SIM PAH analyses. This GC/MS SIM analysis allows for a very broad calibration range, in this case 2000-fold from 5pg to 10ng while maintaining exceptional linearity.
Restek Corp.
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Agilent Technologies Sponsors the 2011 European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry
02 Jul 2010: Agilent Technologies announces that the company is sponsoring the 2011 European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry, to be presented at the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry in Zaragosa on January 11, 2011.
Agilent Technologies
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New CCD Image Sensors for Improved Etaloning Near IR
 01 Jul 2010: Back-thinned CCDs have exhibited problems of etalation in the near IR, which is problematic in applications such as Raman spectroscopy. The new improved S11071 series from Hamamatsu Photonics addresses this problem and has been specifically designed to reduce this etaloning effect, making it suitable for a wider range of applications, including medical.
Hamamatsu Photonics
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Anti-Doping Control Using Comprehensive Multidimensional Gas Chromatography Time-off-Flight Mass Spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS) for Enhanced Detection off Anaboliic Steroids iin Urine
29 Jun 2010: This application demonstrates that steroid screening is improved significantly by GCxGC-TOFMS compared to onedimensional chromatography using GCMS. Excellent calibration linearity for quantitation was achieved for all analytes at greater than 99.9%. Limits of detection at part per trillion levels were calculated from acquired data for all five steroids.
LECO Corp.
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Analysis of Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA) Drugs by Gas Chromatography-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
29 Jun 2010: This poster displays the ability of GC-TOFMS to effectively screen case-study urine samples for the presence of potential DFSA drugs. The use of mass spectral deconvolution algorithms can increase sample throughput by reducing the need for total chromatographic resolution which allows shorter run times. Of the 24 samples analyzed, 16 contained drugs that would be considered potential DFSA drugs.
LECO Corp.
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Advantages of High Resolution Multi-Reflecting Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Rapid and Comprehensive Pesticide Screening in Food Extracts
29 Jun 2010: To poster demonstrates the use of an ultra-high resolution, multi-reflecting time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MRT) for the identification and quantification of multiple pesticide residues in food extracts. Sub-ppm mass accuracy and isotope abundance accuracy can be used to provide unambiguous molecular formula confirmation of targeted and non-targeted analytes.
LECO Corp.
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New Protein Labeling Tools for Mass Spectrometric Analysis from Thermo Fisher Scientific
 28 Jun 2010: An expansion of Thermo Fisher Scientific's isobaric tandem mass tags product line now enables protein identification and quantitation through the selective labeling of cysteine-containing peptides from complex biological samples. The new Cysteine-Reactive Tandem Mass Tag (cysTMT) Reagents can be used in multiplex analysis of up to six different samples concurrently in an experiment.
Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Products
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Selectively Recover Phosphopeptides for Mass Spectrometric Analysis Rapidly
25 Jun 2010: The Thermo Scientific Pierce Fe-NTA Phosphopeptide Enrichment Kit can process protein digests and strong cation exchange fractions to selectively recover phosphopeptides for mass spectrometric analysis in less than 30 minutes.
Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Products
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Pittcon to Participate in International Year of Chemistry (IYC)
22 Jun 2010: Extra activities to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) at Pittcon 2011 have been announced. The extra programs include Science Week, which will serve the city of Atlanta and surrounding mass-spectrometry, and on a more global level, and the Technical Program, which will include sessions on how chemical research is critical for solving global problems involving food, water, health, energy and transportation.
The Pittsburgh Conference
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Application Data from Recent Oil Spill to Help Determine the Environmental Impact 
