Improving established products can set new standards. Therefore look forward to the new PTV inlet for cold injection of analytes into a GC system. The PTV inlet is a further development of the SIM split/splitless GC inlet, which so far has been sold over a 1,000 times.
For temperature-sensitive samples, controlling the storage temperature is indispensable. Higher ambient temperatures during summer can alter the sample, but also lab conditions of 20 to 25 °C. This is particularly a problem with a fully loaded autosampler, where samples are lining up until the analysis run.
The 20th ILMAC took place in Basel from September 20-23, 2016. At the most important specialists trade fair for process and laboratory technology in Switzerland SIM presented, for the first time ever, a number of innovative system solutions and suitable accessories from our portfolio to many interested visitors.
SIM presented analytical systems with LC-GC coupling at the 45. German Food Chemist's Day in Freising-Weihenstephan, which was organized by the Lebensmittelchemischen Gesellschaft (part of the German chemical society GDCh) from September 12-14, 2016.
For the last 15 years, an increasing number of researchers have addressed the topic of "Microplastics and their impact on the environment". Following a report of the NDR in June 2014, this was fiercely discussed in Germany. Prof. Dr. Gerd Liebezeit of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University in Oldenburg had analyzed beer and mineral water looking for microplastics and found them. In a number of analyzed beverages he was able to prove the presence of smallest plastic fibers. There were also microplastics found in food products.