From a safe distance - raman spectrometer for defense and security applications
Deutsche Metrohm GmbH & Co. KG
The police discover a secret laboratory. Now they need to work out what substances are involved: Is it a drug laboratory? Or are explosives perhaps being made here? Contact with an unknown substance could be fatal in such cases. The officers present therefore need to identify the substances th...

Iron and steel slag in road building: Routine determination of the total fluorine content
Deutsche Metrohm GmbH & Co. KG
Using iron and steel slag in road building can cause the fluorine compounds contained in the slag to enter the environment. Dominik Hahn, currently a PhD student in the Technical Chemistry department at the University of Koblenz- Landau, developed a method for the determination of fluorine conten...

Ion Chromatography - tips and tricks
Deutsche Metrohm GmbH & Co. KG
One of the basic requirements for ensuring reliable chromatographic analyses is a high-performance separation column. Users of IC should regularly check the performance of their column. If a drop in performance becomes apparent, steps can be taken in good time to restore or maintain the proper fu...