An elemental examination of an item discovered during an inquiry might provide important information about its origin and history. However, since the item itself may need to be produced as evidence, ...

A few years ago, Saurabh Chitnis, a synthetic chemist at Dalhousie University, did some math that spurred a radical decision. He calculated what it was costing him to send lab-made compounds away for ...

Elemental analysis is a technique used to analyze the atomic elements present in a sample by recording their emission spectra. It is both a qualitative and quantitative technique. Some academic ...

In this interview, Thermo Fisher discusses the technical innovations of the ARL QUANT’X EDXRF benchtop spectrometer and showcases how it is expanding the limits of light element analysis. What are the ...

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is prominently used for analyzing elemental composition in individual cells. However, the conventional sample introduction system of ICP-MS causes ...