Shut-off valves are used to regulate or completely block a volume flow. For this purpose, a closing element, also called a closure element or shut-off body, is moved within a …
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The POP List: Persistent Organic Pollutants
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are harmful to humans and animals and degrade only very slowly in the environment. They contaminate air, soil and water and can …
Read more »HPLC – A Method for Biochemical Research
HPLC stands for High Performance Liquid Chromatography. This technique is used for both preparative and analytical separations. In biochemical research, HPLC is especially useful for preparing and analyzing substances with …
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The Birth Certificates of Chemical Substances In chemical research – and especially in the development of new chemical products – detailed knowledge of the properties of the raw and auxiliary …
Read more »What are Food Safe Plastics?
Polymers for Safe Contact With Food and Beverages Whether as PET bottles, packaging films, or tubes and hoses in machines for processing meat, fish, poultry and dairy products, in equipment …
Read more »The Maximum Flow Coefficient of 3-Way Valves Explained
Valves are part of our everyday life – in water taps, bicycle valves, or as 3-way mixing valves in heating systems. The latter regulate the flow rates of liquids or …
Read more »Proper Pipetting
How a Pipette Works In every laboratory, small liquid volumes frequently need to be measured and dispensed with care. For this purpose, pipettes are used. However, there are a few …
Read more »USP Class VI approval – What Does it Mean?
Plastics used in medical technology and pharmaceuticals are classified into six biocompatibility classes in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the US pharmacopoeia. To assign elastomers and other polymeric materials to …
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