Choosing the right balance can seem like a daunting task. The two biggest questions to ask yourself; what is the most you will be weighing and what is the least you’ll be weighing. From these answers, you can extrapolate what we call the capacity and readability of the balance required for your task. The capacity […]
Measuring Moisture Content – Slow/Simple vs Fast/Accurate Measuring moisture content is a necessary, often mandated requirement in many industries like pharmaceutical, aerospace, food, and cannabis. From meeting testing requirements, ensuring moisture content accuracy, identifying potential presence of unsafe microbial contamination, determining bio-mass buy/sell weights, there are many critical reasons to effectively measure biomass moisture content. […]
Let’s start with the ugly – oil baths. Oil baths are used for reactions that require heating/reflux temperatures up to 200°C. Oil baths are made of an aluminum or stainless-steel pan, a heavy porcelain dish or thick-walled glass to withstand breakage and accidental spillage. They do provide uniform heating; however, they expose users to physical hazards including hot temperatures and fire, severe skin burns, serious splattering from accidental addition of water/condensation, […]
