Tag: Environmental

Analyse Microplastics in Minutes, Not Hours

Want to bring exceptional speed and throughput to your microplastics research?

Microplastics in the environment are becoming a greater concern as scientists begin to understand their penetration into our ecosystems and food chains. Typically, techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy have been used to chemically identify microplastics. However, this approach is often complex and slow.

What you will learn

The Agilent Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) chemical imaging system introduces an automated approach to imaging and spectral analysis. Its Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technology—coupled with rapidly scanning optics—provides fast, high-quality images and spectral data. Using the 8700 LDIR, experts and non-experts alike can:

  • Analyse samples in minutes, not hours.
  • Determine the chemical identity, size, and shape of microplastics in their samples.
  • Obtain useful statistical data to advance their microplastics research.
  • Take rapid, detailed images of large sample areas with intuitive Agilent Clarity software.

 

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Dioxins Analysis in the Environment

U.S. EPA Method 1613B has been one of the primary methods used in the analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in wastewater, soils, sludges, and other matrices. These compounds have more than 200 congeners, and seventeen of them are highly toxic and of interest in trace analysis. Historically, these analyses have been performed using magnetic sector high-resolution GC/MS. In 2021, the U.S. EPA approved an alternate testing protocol (ATP) that accepts GC/TQ as an equivalent technology for the analysis of dioxins in environmental samples.  This work shows the Agilent triple quadrupole GC/MS system can achieve the sensitivity required to meet and exceed guidance for the analysis of PCDD/PCDFs at all concentration levels.

 

Speaker

Joel Ferrer
Product Manager – Agilent QQQ GC/MS
Agilent Technologies, Inc.

 

Joel Ferrer is the Product Manager for the Agilent Triple Quadrupole GC/MS portfolio. He obtained his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University where he gained experience on Agilent LC/MS and GC/MS instrumentation performing metabolomics research in the Department of Chemistry. Joel later earned his MBA from the University of Houston with a focus in Product Management and Marketing Analytics. He’s been with Agilent for over 5 years and in his current product management role since June 2020.

 

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Identification of Microplastics Using the 8700 Laser Direct Infrared Imaging (LDIR) System

Contamination in our waterways, soil, air, and drinking water from microplastics is gaining significant public interest due largely to its emergence as an environmental threat. Researchers are now working towards standardized analytical solutions to best characterize these small particles in terms of chemical identity, size, shape, and total mass.

Organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration define a microplastic as any particle of a plastic polymer that is less than 5 mm in size. However, it is smaller microplastic particles, less than 100 μm in size, that are often of the most interest. They are not visible to the naked eye and can make their way into the food chain.

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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

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