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Food Flavorings and Additives

June 2, 2022 by Danet Vrazel

Calibration Gas Standards for Food Flavorings and Additives

The health and environmental impacts of food additives and preservatives are becoming more prominent. To ensure that foodstuffs meet quality and regulatory guidelines, proper calibration of analyzers for these additives is required. Among the common additives are flavorings like Vanillin, Eugenol and d-Limonene, Terpenes like α-pinene and β-pinene, and preservatives like benzoic acid. While many standards for foodstuffs are provided in liquids for Liquid Chromatography analysis, KIN-TEK Analytical, Inc. has developed permeation tubes for creating gas standards that are easily quantifiable for calibration of gas chromatographs, GC/MS, or other gas detection devices.

The Trace Source™ Permeation Tube technology is employed in KIN-TEK’s Gas Standard Generators to provide accurate, on-demand calibration standards. Each permeation tube and gas standard generator include a Calibration Certificate traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). KIN-TEK delivers trace gas calibration product solutions and services worldwide and offers over 550 types of chemical gas standards.

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Gas Standards CWA

March 22, 2022 by Danet Vrazel

Gas Standards for Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Simulants

Recent world events have reinforced the need for accurate detection and analysis of trace concentration Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs).

Calibrating analytical devices using real agents is dangerous and difficult so simulants such as Dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) and Diisopropylmethylphosphonate (DIMP) are used as G-agent simulants and Methyl salicylate (MS) and 2-Chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES) are simulants for HD agents.

KIN-TEK Analytical, Inc. offers several CWA simulants for calibrating detectors or researching new methods of rapid detection. Trace Source disposable permeation tubes used within a F lexStream™ Permeation System provide an excellent method for creating high quality gas standards. Dilution of the output gas from the permeation tube provides step changes for creating a calibration curve of different concentrations. Secondary dilution capability with the addition of controlled %RH humidified gas in the right matrix provides the best combination to test for real life detection scenarios that would occur in humid environments.

Propulsion compounds

February 24, 2022 by Danet Vrazel

With increased interest in space flight and exploration, monitoring and controlling propulsion compounds and resulting pollutants is critical. Many space propulsion compounds are hypergolic propellants such as Hydrazine, Methyl hydrazine, and Aniline and their resulting atmospheric pollutants, such as Hydrogen chloride, Carbon monoxide/dioxide, and Ethane need to be monitored and analyzed.

KIN-TEK Analytical, Inc. offers over 550 compounds in Trace Source™ permeation tubes for use in gas standard generators. Trace Source™ permeation tubes are easy to use and safe to handle and create precise gas standards for calibrating monitoring and detection devices. For a full list of products visit www.kin-tek.com.

Complex Gas Mixtures for Air Quality Analysis

February 8, 2022 by Danet Vrazel

Do you need complex gas mixtures for calibration?

The analysis of various gas mixtures such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air, breath analysis constituents, and indoor air pollutants requires calibration with accurate and reliable gas standards that mimic actual conditions. Humidity in various environments creates more challenges for accurate quantitative analysis and must be added to the calibration method.

KIN-TEK Analytical, Inc. provides products to create complex gas mixtures ranging from 2 or more different compounds in a single span gas stream. Each KIN-TEK permeation oven can hold up to 8 Trace Source™ disposable permeation tubes or 1 refillable permeation tube (depending on the application). Multiple oven permeation modules can be linked to increase the number of calibration gases desired.

KIN-TEK offers a Humidified Gas Module (HG Module) for creating %RH from ~20% to 90% RH (depending on the application) and can fulfill the need to calibrate in the same environment of real sampling.

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Calibration for Trace Moisture

February 1, 2022 by Danet Vrazel

The Span Pac™ 61 H2O – Delivering Accurate Trace Moisture Calibration

The KIN-TEK Analytical, Inc. Span Pac™ 61 H₂O series of moisture specific gas standard generators provide accurate NIST Traceable calibration for applications that require on-line moisture monitoring.

Semiconductor manufacturing, specialty gas production, and industrial gas operations must quantify the level of moisture present (or verify the absence of moisture) in the product, sometimes at various stages of industrial gas purification.

Trace moisture calibration is done easily with a Span Pac™ 61 H₂O by dynamically generating a very precise level of moisture and accurately delivering it to the analyzer for calibration using the “standard addition” technique. KIN-TEK combines over 50 years of permeation tube experience with the right high purity mechanical components in each Span Pac™ 61 H₂O system to meet your calibration requirements.

Tell us the trace concentration of moisture you require, and we will recommend the right system.

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Calibrating Sensors for Greenhouse Gases

January 20, 2022 by Danet Vrazel

Are you monitoring emissions or conducting atmospheric research for greenhouse gases?

The increase in atmospheric studies and regulations drives the need for accurate analysis of greenhouse gases. KIN-TEK Analytical, Inc. offers calibration solutions to create trace greenhouse gases using Trace Source™ Permeation Tube Technology & the FlexStream™ Gas Standard Generator System.

To certify or bump test equipment that monitors or analyzes greenhouse gases, KIN-TEK Trace Source™ Permeation Tubes offer NIST Traceable gas standards such as CO₂, Methane, Moisture, Fluorinated Carbons, and more. For scientific atmospheric research, KIN-TEK can create complex gas mixtures to mimic environmental conditions, including varying amounts of percent relative humidity.

The FlexStream™ system is a fully automated gas standards generator utilizing permeation tube technology for generating precision calibration mixtures. The System utilizes the FlexLink™ software that can log and export data for analysis and reference.

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