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Bioethanol Analysis with the ACTIVA-S ICP-AES Spectrometer

Analytical instrumentation

Bioethanol Analysis with the ACTIVA-S ICP-AES Spectrometer

31 Jul, 2009

Published over 17 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Analytical instrumentation.

Horiba France SAS

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ACTIVA-S is a good ICP-AES instrument to analyse bioethanol. The traditional procedure for the analysis is a dilution of ethanol with a lower volatility solvent, or with water. In order to avoid

sample preparation and risk of contamination, it’s preferable to analyse straight ethanol. This is possible with the ACTIVA-S using a specific sample introduction: a cooled cyclonic spray chamber. Horiba Scientific.

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