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PTR-MS and Indoor Air Research

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Indoor air quality research continues to grow substantially over the last several years. Most research prior to the 2010’s was focused on outdoor emission sources, rather than the indoor air; with people spending almost 90% of their indoors, indoor air quality has a severe impact on people’s health. A specifically problematic aspect air monitoring within […]

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Application of the Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer/Mass Spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) Instrument

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LC/MS/MS Instrument Arrives at RJLG Recently obtained by the RJ Lee Group, the liquid chromatography/mass spectrometer/mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) is an instrument with exceptional capability for both qualitative and quantitative analysis. It has remarkable sensitivity and is capable of providing fast and accurate identification of targeted compounds of interest. In many instances the instrument will be […]

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Custom Chemical Manufacturing Demands Effective cGMP Services

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Custom chemical manufacturing companies who provide products used in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics industries are all governed by the same cGMP, or current Good Manufacturing Practices, as the industry customers they serve. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established and regulates these guidelines, setting the standards for how a company manufactures its products and […]

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Mobile Detection Lab Testing Underway at Hanford Tank Farms

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The Tri-City Herald of Kennewick, Wa. has published an article on the RJ Lee Group’s mobile chemical detection unit. The commercially available van, which is outfitted with a mass spectrometer and other scientific instrumentation that detects and measures chemicals in the environment, is currently being field tested at the Hanford tank farms in Hanford, Wa. Washington […]

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Synthetic Drugs Detected using PTR-TOFMS Technology

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  • 3:56PM Apr 10, 2015
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Written by Todd Rogers, Ph.D. Scientists at IONICON Analytik, Austria-based partners of RJ Lee Group, have demonstrated the ability of Proton Transfer Reaction Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (PTR-TOFMS) to identify several synthetic drugs within 30 seconds of analysis.  Synthetic drugs, sometimes referred to as New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), are artificially produced chemicals that mimic […]

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