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The Water Purification Process
Suspended or dissolved particles, organic compounds, impurities and other contaminants prohibit the usage of tap water in laboratory applications and scientific research. Parameters such as resistivity, conductivity, size of particulate matter and concentration of microorganisms are used to categorize water quality and, therefore, specify intended uses for water. Some applications can tolerate the presence of specific impurities in the water, but others, such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) require removal of the majority of contaminants.
Reducing compliance costs in the life sciences industry
Sterilization is the act or process, physical or chemical, that destroys or eliminates all viable microbes including resistant bacterial spores from a fluid or a solid. Despite being stated as an absolute, the action of sterilization is usually stated in terms of probability of survival of a known quality of a specific microorganism (F). There are many sterilization methods: chemical, dry heat, filtration, gas, steam, radiation, and vapor.
Freeze Drying process
Freeze drying (also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation) is a slow batch process used in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries (such as diet food production) to extract dry product from an aqueous solution. The resulting powder material can be easily stored, shipped, and later reconstituted for use in products such as solid dose tablets and soluble solutions. Freeze drying works by freezing the material, then reducing the pressure and adding heat to allow the frozen water in the material to sublimate at the water triple point condition.
Getting Started with Electrification
As any engineer will understand, getting started with an electrification project is not as simple as swapping out a gas-fired process for an electric one. This white paper will help you get started.