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Inside an Ultra-High Purity Lab

Send us Fan Mail In part two of our PURE Laboratories collab Mike continues his conversation with Erik Miller and Dave Neville from Pure Laboratories, exploring what it

Pure - The Business of High Purity Materials

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of Bench Boost, the Inorganic Ventures podcast, host Mike Booth sits down with Erik Miller and Will Marble from Pure Laboratorie

Container Materials

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost Mike explains why sample container choice can significantly impact elemental analysis results through contamination, adsorption

CCVs & ICVs

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost Mike explains two key ICP-OES/ICP-MS quality control samples: the Initial Calibration Verification (ICV) and Continuing Calibra

Elevated ICP-OES Backgrounds

Send us Fan Mail This week Mike discusses elevated backgrounds in ICP-OES when analyzing high total dissolved solids (TDS) samples such as brines, digests, excipients, s

Conductivity Tips and Tricks

Send us Fan Mail Join Mike this week on Bench Boost as he explores the basics of conductivity measurements. We review the theory of how conductivity is dependent on ion

Titrations and USP 541

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost we discuss titration techniques based on USP 541 and the Inorganic Venture's Titration Tips and Tricks guide. Mike explain

pH and USP 791

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost Mike explains why accurate pH measurement is more complex than it appears, highlighting the effects from temperature, ionic str

Common Tips for Analyzing Low Concentrations

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost Mike shares practical tips for analyzing pharmaceutical samples at low concentrations for USP 232 elemental impurities, emphasi

The J Value

Send us Fan Mail This week Mike and Ashley explain the J value used in pharmaceutical elemental impurity testing to relate typical ICP concentration units to permitted d

Pharma Elemental Analysis Overview

Send us Fan Mail This week Mike & Ashley review the standardized methods for elemental impurity analysis in pharmaceuticals: ICH Q3D, USP , and USP . ICH Q3D provides gu

Tech Support Questions 2

Send us Fan Mail The Inorganic Ventures team members answer more listener questions relevant to trace analysis. They address low mercury recovery at 2 ppb, noting mercur

Tech Support Questions 1

Send us Fan Mail The Inorganic Ventures team answers listener questions focused on pharmaceutical elemental impurity analysis by ICP-MS. They explain why an indium inter

Troubleshooting Mining Samples Common Causes of Bad Data

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost Mike, Autumn, Micah, and Josh discuss common ICP-OES/ICP-MS issues in mining analyses and how to troubleshoot them by separatin

How to Validate a New Mining Method for ICP-OES or ICP-MS

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost Mike, Autumn, and Thomas dive deep into validation procedures for ICP-OES and ICP-MS methods. They discuss the importance of pl

Avoiding Precipitation During Mining Sample Prep

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost the team from Inorganic Ventures discusses avoiding precipitation during sample preparation. They review mining sample challeng

Collision Reaction Cell ICPMS for Mining Applications

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost on team spotlights mining analysis challenges on ICP-MS due to high total dissolved solids, aggressive digestions, and low-ppb

ICP Considerations for Lithium

Send us Fan Mail This week on Bench Boost our team reviews special considerations for measuring lithium by ICP-OES and ICP-MS. They discuss common lithium sample types a

Method Detection Limits in Mining: Why MDLs are Higher than You Expect

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bench Boost our team revisits method detection limits (MDLs) with a focus on why mining applications often produce higher MDLs than e

Axial vs Radial ICP-OES for Mining

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bench Boost, Mike, Autumn, and Thomas discuss the differences between axial and radial views when using ICP-OES instruments. The focu