Spotlight on Applications - Volume 4
Welcome to Spotlight on Applications, a bimonthly compendium of our most recent analytical applications, delivering a variety of topics which address the pressing issues and analysis challenges you may face in your application areas today. Our Spotlight on Applications e-zine consists of a broad range of applications within various industries, and you’ll be able to access any of these at your convenience.
The Table of Contents on page 3 provides a quick summary by industry of the applications featured in each release. You can access each one from the Table of Contents through direct links to the industry or application of your choice or by flipping through the e-zine by clicking on the bottom outside corner of each page.
For each application featured in this volume, you will be able to view an abstract and click on the “Download Entire Application Note/Brief” icon on the bottom of each page to download the complete PDF from our website.

In This Volume
Energy
- Fast Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis by Modified ASTM D6730
- Fast Simulated Distillation by Modified ASTM D2887, D6352 and D7169
- The Analysis of Biodiesel for Inorganic Contaminants, including Sulfur, by ICP-OES
- The Use of UV/Vis/NIR Spectroscopy in the Development of Photovoltaic Cells
Food & Beverage
- Better Quantitative Analysis of Chewing Gum by AutoStepwise TGA
- The Determination of Toxic, Essential and Nutritional Elements in Food Matrices Using the NexION 300 ICP-MS
- The Preparation and Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Meat by GC/MS
- Analysis of Butylated Hydroxytoluene in Food with Headspace Trap-GC/MS
Materials Characterization
- Polymer Crystallinity Studies by DSC-Raman Spectroscopy
- Determination of Monomers in Polymers by Multiple Headspace Extraction-GC/MS
- TG-IR Analysis of Layers of a Cable Used in the Automotive Industry
- Enhanced Separation of Components in ABS Polymer Using AutoStepwise TGA
Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals
- The Determination of Lead in Calcium-Based Antacid and Dietary Supplements Using the NexION 300 ICP-MS System to Comply with the State of California’s Proposition 65 Legislation
- Metal Impurities in Pharmaceuticals and Dietary Supplements – Implementing ICP-MS for USP <232> and Prop 65
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