Blog – Seite 11 von 13 – LECO Corporation

Standard Oven Drying Methods vs TGM800: Direct Moisture Determination

Jolanda NortjÃ© at the Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL) used the TGM800 to speed up her laboratory throughput when compared to oven drying methods.

Uncured Epoxy

When overnight isn’t long enough for your long cure epoxy mount to cure, what can you do to fix the problems? Tips and tricks for curing epoxy mounts

A Tip on Met Tips

LECO is pleased to introduce our Met Troubleshooting Guide and digital help line!

Award Ceremony at 4th International Mass Spectrometry School

LECO gave the prize for the best presentation during the 4th International Mass Spectrometry School held in Sitges, Barcelona. We are proud to support young scientists. Congrats Claudia Bressan!

Radial Cracks

Cracks in a mount are NEVER a welcome sight, but there are some tricks to preventing their formation in the first place.

Broken Blades

How can you prevent abrasive cut-off wheels from breaking mid-cut? Here, we outline the most frequent causes of a broken blade and how to fix them.

E-Food Lab International – Interview With Ralf Löscher

Ralf Löscher speaks about the latest technologies, as well as many years experience LECO has in the field of TOFMS instrumentation. The special focus of this interview refers to the food industry and the special benefits LECO offers to this market. “In the field of chromatographic separation science technology, LECO offers GC coupled to time-of-flight […]

ASMS in Review: Frank Dorman, Penn State

When all you know is that the fish are sick, how do you analyze environmental contamination in the Susquehanna River?

Stained Specimens

When a metallographic specimen is stained, it’s not always clear what went wrong.

Of Fireworks and Tourism: GCxGC-HRMS Analysis of Summer Impacts on Lake Michigan Water Quality

Beyond a big bang and bright lights, how do fireworks affect the environmental world around them?

Frustrated by the time it takes you to determine moisture?

Save time in your lab using our TGM800 thermogravimetric moisture determinator, designed to provide a high-precision, automated solution while using a primary loss on drying method, eliminating the need for the labor-intensive manual loss on drying technique. Watch our latest product video to see more!

The MX400: A Next Generation of Mounting Press

As the newest mounting press to enter LECO’s lineup of metallographic instrumentation, the MX400 will streamline sample preparation with its exceptional ease-of-use and dual mount capability in a fully automated solution.

Optimized Combustion for lower-level Nitrogen Samples in Foods

Nitrogen content in food materials is necessary to measure when determining the total protein content. Performing this measurement using classical „wet chemistry“ can be slow and tedious. The combustion-based Dumas method significantly increases laboratory productivity; when the sample has a low-level of nitrogen, however, it poses unique challenges.

Application Spotlight: 832 Series for Sulfur & Carbon Analysis

Check out our latest application notes on the 832 series for sulfur and carbon determination.

2019 Metallography Training Class Schedule Has Been Released

We want you to give you all the tools you need to succeed in your lab, and this means being there for you each step of the way, even after the sale. We re here to show you exactly how to use your new instrument to its full potential.

Hardness Tester Verification for ASTM

We routinely get questions about how often hardness testers need to be verified with test blocks by users. ASTM provides guidance in E 18 (Rockwell) and E 92 (Vickers and Knoop), Table A1.1, but the two standards use different terminology and have different requirements. Learn about them here!