Bruker AXS has launched the first single crystal diffractometer to feature instantaneous and automated X-ray wavelength change, the Apex Duo. The instrument combines a molybdenum (Mo) sealed tube and a high-intensity, air-cooled copper (Cu) microfocus tube with the most sensitive CCD detector available.
The instrument will allow instantaneous switching of with the Cu microfocus source delivering up to twice the intensity of standard Cu sealed tubes, allowing faster experiments and better data quality to be generated.
"Being able to switch automatically and instantaneously between Mo- and Cu-radiation in one experiment is something crystallographers have been dreaming of," said Dr Michael Ruf, director of Chemical Crystallography Software at Bruker AXS.
"No other instrument can perform such a broad range of experiments, from demanding charge density experiments with molybdenum to absolute structure determination on ever smaller organic crystals and to protein screening with copper."
Sotax has released an upgraded version of its CE 7 smart USP 4 apparatus, fitted with a micro-volume autosampler for flow through dissolution studies for testing the solubility of various drug formulations including drug eluting stents, implants, suppositories, MR tablets and injectable solutions.
SP Industries has announced that its FTS Bio-Cool controlled rate freezer for cryopreservation has new European and Asian distribution through Genevac.
The Bio-Cool plugs into a standard electrical outlet and provides quiet temperature cooling to either -40ºC or -80ºC by immersing samples in a well-circulated cold liquid bath.
SUI, part of Goodrich Corporation, has launched a new digital line scan NIR/SWIR (near infra red / shortwave infrared) camera, the SU-LDH, for high-speed, high resolution applications in optical coherence tomography and industrial process control.
The SU-LDH will find application in include biomedical imaging, scientific imaging, high-speed spectroscopy as well as materials classification and sorting.
Thermo Fisher Scientific has shipped its 500th iCAP 6000 ICP (inductively coupled plasma) emission spectrometer to Boeing for monitoring the contents of chemical tanks used in the production of aluminium wings at its Frederickson facility in Washington State, USA.
"We are extremely proud to have Boeing as our 500th customer and I am sure that the iCAP 6000 will provide excellent service in their laboratory for many years," said Paul Gillyon, product group director of Elemental Analysis at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
