Laboratory Material

Biofuels & Alternative Energy: Accurately Measure Purity and Contamination with Confidence
Biofuels are produced from a wide range of sources including corn, algae, cellulose and microorganism-produced methane – each offering many environmental advantages. However, purity can be a challenge and long-term storage of some fuels can promote biological growth and oxidative degradation. Using blended fuels in engines designed for petroleum-based diesel can also cause problems with injector pumps and other components. ASTM and CEN standards define methods for determining biodiesel (% FAME) in diesel fuel. Likewise, stability concerns have prompted some industries to lower their biodiesel limits for fuel blends. To meet these varying requirements, you must reliably verify blend quality and biodiesel content. Agilent provides innovative solutions to best handle these challenges – from the robust GC Biodiesel Analyzer to more compact, portable systems like the mobile 490 Micro GC Biogas Analyzer, the portable 4500 FTIR Analyzer and compact 5500 FTIR Analyzer ideally suited for field labs.

Exploration & Production: Natural Resource Exploration and Production Analytical Solutions
As natural resource exploration and production companies innovate in the extraction of petroleum, as exemplified by the current surge in hydraulic fracturing of shale formations, Agilent is proud to collaborate with industry leaders and standards organizations to provide the solutions needed at every stage. Our advanced instruments provide data that allows companies to profitably and safely pursue complex extraction technologies and characterize the composition of crude reserves. The Agilent 490 Micro GC is used for mud logging at well sites to provide the crucial data on gases brought to the surface in the drilling mud – measurements vital to the safety of the operation. Our ASTM-based analyzers determine the composition of hydrocarbon mixtures recovered to determine market value. Finally, R&D labs use our state-of-the-art mass spectrometry instruments such as the 7000C GC/QQQ, 7200 GC/Q-TOF and 6400 Series LC/QQQ to provide new insights into the composition of crude oil by identifying and quantifying ancient biomarkers, or unraveling the thousands of compounds it comprises of.

Natural Gas: Achieve Fast and Accurate Analysis Consistently
Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations is generating huge growth in Natural Gas and petrochemicals worldwide. Global markets also enable large widespread trading of natural gas as a bulk commodity, where prices are based on energy content. Effective analysis solutions are vital, however, many traditional methods do not include capillary columns and electronic pressure control, resulting in less precise and efficient scans. New technology increases analysis precision, as well as, enabling measurements to be completed in typically less than 75 seconds. Electronic pressure, flow control, and capillary solutions, along with more sensitive detectors ensure simplified chromatographic design with less switching of valves and greater overall productivity. The Agilent 7890B GC also offers a simpler setup, faster analysis times of both hydrocarbon composition and impurity concentrations, and improved resolution and detection limits. A range of pre-configured and factory-tested GC and MicroGC analyzers are available for quick implementation in laboratory and field analyses of gaseous and liquefied natural gas.

Petrochemicals: Fast, Accurate and Powerful Petrochemical Analysis
Analysis of the constituents of hydrocarbon streams is critical for most QA/QC laboratories in the chemical and petrochemical industry as the existence of impurities directly impacts product quality and performance. Most QA/QC laboratories depend upon standardized industry methods and approaches to ensure both agreement with their clients on product specifications and the quality of their results. Agilent has more than 40 years of collaboration with ASTM International in the creation and management of standardized analysis procedures, and many have been developed on Agilent instruments including GC, LC, MS, FTIR and GC/MS technologies. We also continue to monitor emerging requirements and trends in order to introduce the new methods needed by the industry through this partnership. Our portfolio features integrated workflow and automation solutions for enhanced efficiency, from sample preparation through analysis to report generation, that results in lower cost per sample.

Polymers: Accuracy and Reliability to The Nanoscale
Polymers are used across industry in an ever widening set of products and subassemblies. As synthesized materials, their properties, performance and longevity are directly related to achieving proper composition and structure. These materials have finite lifetimes, which are directly related to environmental affects, additives and stabilizers and overall usage. When accuracy and reliability in measuring the quality and chemical composition of plastics and polymers is critical to your success, choose Agilent. By providing industry leading technologies and instruments like GPC/SEC, FTIR mobile, bench and microscopy systems and Polymer Grade GC Analyzers, we provide you with powerful tools for detailed polymer characterization. Agilent also offers a new FTIR analyzer, the 4500 Polymer ID Package, which enables analysts to determine in seconds the chemical composition of a polymer and meets the critical need to screen for banned or restricted phthalates.

Refining: Complete Analytical Solutions for Refinery Operations
Crude oil is a complex mixture requiring specialized characterization to economically separate. Agilent offers pre-configured, fast, and easy to use analyzer solutions (complying to all relevant ASTM methods) to help define the optimum refining strategy. Our simulated distillation analyzers, built around a GC with a temperature-programmable inlet, let producers easily characterize the boiling point distribution of a crude sample to make informed decisions about process optimization. In addition, Agilent ICP-OES or ICP-MS spectrometers quickly analyze metals that cause disruptions to refinery operations by poisoning catalysts or creating environmental issues. As crude oil is separated, refinery gas analysis quantitates the complex mixture of hydrocarbons, gases and sulfur compounds produced. Agilent Refinery Gas Analyzers are complete workflow solutions that put the latest advances performance into your hands without the hassles of setup, method development, or validation and we also offer a portfolio of compliant Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) Analyzers to certify fuel quality.