Who’s Minding the Store? Retailer Report Card and Chemical Footprint Project

An Introduction to Flow Chemistry and its First Principles” is the first in a series of educational flow chemistry webinars by Syrris and is aimed at helping students and experienced chemists alike develop an understanding of what flow chemistry is, how it works, and its first principles. The webinar was broadcast live to a large audience and was presented by Andrew Mansfield, Head of Continuous Flow Chemistry at Syrris, with a live Q&A session at the end. You can view all the questions received, and their answers, below. After watching this, we recommend watching the follow-up webinar, “9 Reasons You Should Perform Your Chemistry in Continuous Flow“. The webinar was aired live on 12th September 2018 and repeated due to popular demand on the 2nd October 2018.

The elemental analysis of petrochemical products such as crude oils, intermediate refinery products, automotive fuels, or modern lubricating oils is quite challenging. If you work with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) or Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy (ICP), the organic matrix of petrochemical products requires special attention during sample preparation and instrument adjustment. Here, X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) is really different and brings a lot of benefits to your lab, including simple sample preparation and elimination of daily re-calibrations. During this webinar, you will learn more about why sample preparation in XRF is so simple and straight forward and how the comprehensive XRF portfolio from Bruker can boost your sample throughput for such demanding applications. We will provide information that will help you to decide if an Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) or a Wavelength Dispersive XRF (WDXRF) instrument is the best choice for your specific petrochemical application.

Minor, trace and ultratrace elemental analyses in a variety of geological and petrochemical materials are characterized by difficulties, due to the complexity of their compositions, in obtaining a complete digestion. Traditionally, academic researchers have used a variety of analytical instruments and sample preparation techniques, including open vessel digestions, Parr Bombs, flux fusion, and combustion and closed-vessel microwave digestion to prepare samples for ICP or AA analysis. While these techniques have been somewhat effective, they do pose several limitations for multi-element analysis—temperature and pressure limitations, incomplete digestions, contamination, and time consumption.

Organizations across virtually every industry find themselves navigating the roadmap of Chemical Data Management. While some instances require more intricate processes and procedures, there are common foundational components that can set your organization up for success.