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Please find below a list of our blog posts, written by various members of the Markes team to highlight interesting topics that have come to our attention, or comment on stories in the news.

Industry standard tubes for thermal desorption…and what matters when selecting them

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

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For analytical chemists planning to sample VOCs and SVOCs, selection of ‘industry standard’ sorbent tubes is usually an early item on their checklist.Working with sorbent tubes and caps with a fixed specification is preferred and som...

The latest thinking in odour and emissions from plastics – News from Kassel 2019

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

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What’s new in the VOC analysis of plastics? For 20 years the conference ‘Odour and Emissions of Plastic Materials’ – often known simply as ‘Kassel’ after the German city where it’s always held &ndas...

Sorbent tube caps and their role in protecting thermal desorption samples

Monday, 21 January 2019

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Of the many things you need to stay on top of as a thermal desorption analyst, ensuring sample integrity is one issue that doesn’t always come to mind.But it’s worth looking afresh at topics like this, dealing with issues that we alm...

The changing face of TO-15 canister air monitoring

Monday, 14 January 2019

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Canisters are a very popular method of air sampling, and have long been used in the USA to monitor volatile organic ‘air toxics’, largely for reasons of convenience and historical continuity. They are now also becoming increasingly w...

The Peltier effect – a ‘cool technology’ for thermal desorption

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

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Peltier cooling is one of the key technologies incorporated into Markes' thermal desorption instruments, but what's the physics behind it?The Peltier effect, despite being first noticed by Jean Peltier in 1834, remained a backwater of physics fo...

Tackling toxic emissions from respiratory medical devices: ISO 10993 and how to prepare

Thursday, 22 November 2018

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The global respiratory care device sector is in very healthy shape – it’s forecast to be worth $28.2 billion by 2022, driven by factors such as an aging world population, rising incidence of respiratory diseases, and rapid technologi...

Developing clinical applications of breath analysis – Messages from the Breath Biopsy Conference

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

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A couple of colleagues from Markes and I were fortunate enough to be able to attend the inaugural Breath Biopsy Conference, held at Owlstone Medical’s facilities in Cambridge, UK, on 8 November. The event was squarely aimed at those resear...

Focusing on automotive regulatory compliance at the China VIAQ Summit

Friday, 9 November 2018

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The number of events on vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) seems to grow every year, especially in China, where odorous compounds in vehicle air are particularly unpopular amongst consumers. However, for many in the industry the most informativ...

From carnivorous plants to cancer research: An exciting day of TD–GC training at Kew Gardens

Thursday, 25 October 2018

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On 4 October, we did what is proving to be an increasingly popular format: a one-day seminar with a mixture of product-focused and application-focused content. This one was held at Kew Gardens in London, UK, renowned worldwide as a centre of exc...

Exploring the links between smell and the mind at the IFRA UK Fragrance Forum

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

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On 10 October, I attended the annual meeting of the UK branch of the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), which was held at the Wellcome Collection, Euston, London. This year, the theme chosen by the organisers was the association between...

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