Author: Francois

Quick and Real-Time Determination of Potency in Cannabis Extracts using FTIR Spectroscopy

Cannabis products that are currently on the market consist of either dry material such as flower buds, concentrates such as shatter, budder, waxes, oils, extracts, and distillates, or infused products such as food and candies. The main active ingredients in these products are chemical compounds called cannabinoids, which provide either a medicinal or recreational effect to consumers. Of the many different cannabinoids that have been isolated from cannabis plants, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), cannabidiol (CBD), and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) compounds are generally those of greatest interest and the most prevalent found in commercial cannabis plants.

 

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EnviroTech – Transforming Wastewater Treatment with TOC Monitoring

Organic load is one of the most important parameters for discharge control of municipal and industrial wastewater. Permissible limits are guided through regulations and must be monitored accordingly. However, further opportunity to optimize plant performance exists by monitoring organic loading in upstream treatment processes.

The use of on-line controls allows limit values to be adhered to, products to be saved, and plants to be protected against unforeseen events. Total Organic Carbon (TOC) is the most suitable parameter to measure organic load. The use of TOC analysis offers shorter measuring cycles without hazardous waste and is better suited for on-line analysis compared to conventional methods such as COD or BOD.

 

What you’ll learn

  • Differences between TOC, BOD and COD, and why TOC is more suitable for on-line control
  • Differences in TOC technologies
  • How TOC can help optimize your plant
  • Examples and case studies of how TOC can be utilized

 

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All Eyes on Environmental Analysis

Celebrating our most innovative applications across environmental samples

We are delighted to share with you these on-demand environmental analysis presentations delivered by Agilent scientists and leading researchers from industry and academia.

Discover how Agilent’s technologies and workflows are used by to provide cutting-edge environmental testing solutions for a wide range of regulated and emerging compounds.

 

On demand presentation topics include:

  • Target and suspect contaminant screening workflows
  • Poly and Perfluorinated Substances (PFAS)
  • Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
  • Hormones and endocrine disruptors
  • Glyphosate and other polar pesticides
  • Microcystins
  • Microplastics

Register to access all the presentation content now!

 

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Driving Quality with Real-time TOC Data in Food & Beverage

The Food and Beverage industry is constantly faced with demands to meet product quality and production goals. Some of the challenges to this include product recalls, equipment maintenance, and meeting compliance, all of which may be impacted by water quality. Product contamination tops the list of reasons why product recalls occur and errors during the process can be very costly. Water quality monitoring helps mitigate the risks of contamination, product loss, and costly fines. Join this webinar to find out how monitoring for organics by specifically using Total Organic Carbon (TOC) can help your F&B facility achieve production and quality goals.

 

What You’ll Learn

  • What is TOC?
  • Areas that can benefit from TOC monitoring in your Food & Beverage facility
  • TOC compared to other monitoring methods
  • TOC monitoring solutions

 

Speaker

Melvyn Lam, APAC Application Specialist for the Sievers* instrument product line by SUEZ

Melvyn Lam is the APAC Applications Specialist for SUEZ. He has 12 years’ experience in engineering and offering application support for industrial and environmental markets. Most recently he served as the APAC Application Specialist supporting business growth in Pharmaceutical and Industrial markets for a cartridge filter device company. Melvyn holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Science, Management of Technology.

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Cleaning Validation – A Beginner’s Guide to Increasing Efficiency with TOC

Join our webinar which will guide you through efficiency gains with TOC for cleaning validation. We call it a ‘beginner’s guide’, but this webinar will benefit long-time TOC users as well as those new to using TOC for cleaning validation. We will cover step-by-step the ‘what, why, and how’ for gaining efficiency and getting the most out of TOC for cleaning validation.

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Keeping Pace with COVID-19 Virtual Symposium

COVID-19 research and testing methods are evolving every day. Join us for an interactive live event to hear the latest on what leading researchers and labs are doing to keep pace.
You will discover best practices for applying technology to support COVID-19 research, test development, and vaccine and drug development – and how these workflows can be effectively applied toward other infectious diseases as well.

 

Register to access a diverse lineup of speakers and sessions, including:

  • Collaborating in the fight against COVID-19
  • A next-generation tool bench for virology research
  • Keynote presentation: Viral hijacking of cellular metabolism
  • Seahorse XF reveals bioenergetic impact in virology
  • Rapid functional evaluation of virus-neutralizing antibodies and antiviral drugs using multiparametric live-cell analysis
  • Focus on virology: Applications to enable discovery
  • SLIMS: Easier and faster LIMS deployment for COVID
  • Faster in, faster out: Achieve the most efficient analysis of raw material for vaccine production
  • Agilent BioMDS solutions for vaccine research
  • Agilent GC solution for alcohol-based hand sanitizer testing
  • Analysis of alcohol levels in hand sanitizer formulations using Cary 630 FTIR
  • QA/QC of protection masks

 

Agenda

 

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A New Endotoxin Testing Platform: Sievers Eclipse BET

In this webinar, attendees will receive an introduction to the groundbreaking Sievers Eclipse BET Platform to understand why it was created and how it works to simplify and automate endotoxin assay setup, while maintaining full compliance with USP <85>. With Eclipse, compliant 21-sample assays can be set up in as little as 9 minutes, leading to substantial efficiency gains.

This webinar will also focus on how to evaluate this revolutionary technology. From comparability of analytical results across platforms to data integrity and validation testing, this webinar will leave attendees with a solid understanding of how the Eclipse platform stacks up next to other technology on the market, and how it can be evaluated and validated in a QC lab to demonstrate viability for routine endotoxin testing.

 

In this webinar you’ll learn:

  • Why and how the Sievers Eclipse platform was developed
  • How the Eclipse platform increases efficiency and automates endotoxin testing
  • How the Eclipse platform aligns with USP <85>, EP 2.6.14, and JP 4.01
  • Comparability of analytical results across different platforms
  • Data integrity
  • Validation testing and validation tools available to customers

 

Who should attend:

  • QA & QC personnel
  • Microbiology personnel
  • Validation personnel
  • Metrology personnel
  • Operations personnel

 

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TOC and Conductivity Analysis: Back to Basics

This webinar is designed to get back to basics as a refresher for seasoned users or as an introduction for those new to total organic carbon (TOC) and conductivity analysis, USP <643>, and USP <645>.

Join this interactive discussion to learn practical tips for day-to-day use of TOC for compendial water testing and cleaning validation.Total organic carbon (TOC) and conductivity analysis can be used in a variety of applications and are very useful in assessing cleanliness, water quality, and process performance.

It is compulsory for manufactures to abide by the regulations for TOC and conductivity, however, not all end users understand how the technology works and why it is important. In this webinar we’ll cover the basics and provide quick tips for success from the user’s perspective.

 

This webinar will cover:

  • Regulations: Understanding USP <643> Total Organic Carbon, USP <645> Conductivity, data integrity, and regulatory expectations for cleaning validation
  • Basic principles of TOC and conductivity: Overview of Sievers technology and applications
  • Data analysis: What story are the data telling?
  • Best practices, troubleshooting, and quick tips
  • Data integrity and validation

 

Who should attend:

  • QA & QC personnel
  • Validation personnel
  • Operations personnel

 

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Refinery Crude Oil Analysis | Metals and Trace Metals Analysis

The determination of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and metals in feedstocks
is critical to decision making in oil refineries. Chemetrix offers a range of Spectroscopy based solutions to determine metals and trace metals in petrochemical samples.

 

Resources

High-Throughput Multi-Elemental Analysis of Crude Oil

Application Note

Measuring Elements in Residual Fuels and Crude Oil per Method ASTM D8322

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Petrochemical | Metals and Trace Metals Analysis

The determination of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and metals in feedstocks
is critical to decision making in oil refineries. Chemetrix offers a range of Spectroscopy based solutions to determine metals and trace metals in petrochemical samples.

 

Resources

Determination of Metals in Petroleum Fractions using MP-AES

Application Note

Improved Measurement Accuracy of Wear Metals in Lubricant Oils by ICP-OES Following ASTM D5185-18

Application Brief

Multi-element Analysis of Used Lubricant Oils

Application Note