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Art Gatenby

Manufacturer of test equipment. The Company specialized in the measurement of Moisture, Particle Size and Surface Tension. In these areas CSC Scientific serves the Food, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Petroleum, Waste Water, Mining, Power and similar industries.
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New ASTM E11-09 Sieve Standards — Exciting or Just Dull ???

Posted by Art Gatenby on Oct 6, 2009 5:42:00 PM

I have often ranted about the limited range of ASTM 11 sieve mesh standards as it relates to individual sieve certification. We at CSC have tried to help clearly distinguish between different levels of inspection and/or degrees of conformity. We outlined three levels of sieve certification. These are working sieves, mesh certified sieves and mid point sieves. There are summary definitions of these categories on the CSC Web site.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Particle Size Analysis

Who Cares About Sieve Testing ?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Jun 8, 2009 4:50:00 PM

In one of my more contemplative moments, I thought a bit of history about particle size analysis would be of interest. So let’s see Who Cares About Sieve Testing.

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Topics: Sieve Shakers, Particle Size Analysis, test sieve equipment, sieve mesh

Karl Fischer Titration – Defined? or Over Simplified?

Posted by Art Gatenby on Jan 19, 2009 4:42:00 PM

Often I’m asked “What is Karl Fischer titration?” I’m always somewhat reticent to answer. If I can’t quickly change the subject I revert to a simple explanation, that even I (being somewhat challenged as a chemist) can understand. The explanation seems to help the novice understand Karl Fischer.

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Topics: Coulometric Karl Fischer, Volumetric Karl Fischer, Karl Fischer, Karl Fischer Titration, Moisture

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