SEAL Analytical Monthly Newsletter October 2022

SEAL Analytical Monthly Newsletter -

October 2022

SEAL Analytical - Global Meeting 2022

From September 12th to September 16th, the SEAL US Headquarters hosted a technical meeting that united SEAL chemists from our offices across the world.

It was a very productive week of in-depth discussions about our product lines, applications, method development, and organization. However, there was plenty of fun planned as well, with group team building activities and dinners each night. For some in attendance, this was the first time meeting overseas colleagues since pandemic-related travel restrictions were imposed. By the end of the week, all in attendance felt they were in a better position to support our ever-growing customer base.

We appreciated your patience if support response times were slowed during that time.

Upcoming Events

WWEM - Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring

October 12 - 13, 2022

Telford, UK

ARABLAB

October 24 - 26, 2022

Dubai, UAE

Florida Society of Environmental Analysts (FSEA) Fall Meeting

October 25 - 26, 2022

Daytona Beach, FL , USA

American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)

November 8 - 10, 2022

Indianapolis, IN, USA

ASA, CSSA, SSSA

Annual Meeting

November 6 - 9, 2022

Baltimore, MD, USA

Forum on Environmental Accreditation

January 9 - 10, 2022

San Antonio, TX, USA

For more information on any of these conferences and more, check out our Events page.

INSTRUMENT STORAGE TIPS

For some labs, especially those that are project based, their instrument might be idle for as long as a month at a time. If shut-down for longer than a month, see these tips for shutting down the instrument. For discrete, click here. For segmented flow, click here.

Environmental News

Environmental scientists develop a method to turn hazardous acidic industrial wastewater into valuable resources

Source: Science Daily

A research team of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev environmental scientists has developed a circular process for eliminating the risk posed by phosphoric acid plant wastewater. The process turns the environmentally toxic wastewater into clean water while recovering valuable acids. Phosphoric acid is the main ingredient in industrial fertilizers, a massive industry worldwide.

Their method was just published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, a journal published by the American Chemical Society. Lior Monat, a PhD student in Dr. Oded Nir's lab led the research under his supervision.

"Phosphoric acid production generates a lot of industrial wastewater that cannot be treated efficiently because of its low pH and high precipitation potential," explains Dr. Oded Nir, the co-lead researcher, "Today, the wastewater is usually stored in evaporation ponds...

Full article

SOFTWARE FEATURE: Authorization Levels in AACE and AQ

In some cases, laboratories may want to restrict certain features of the software, depending on who is using the instrument. This way only authorized people can change QC protocols or templates.

AACE

In AACE, if one navigates to File > Manage Users, a window will open with the various user logins. Each user has a level associated with their login. By default the "Superuser Login is given the highest access level and should never be modified. Some labs will elect to just keep the software open for everyone. Others may want to assign other levels of access. This is done in the neighboring access tab. Certain functions can be checked and unchecked for all software functions.

If one navigates to the Maintenance & Setup tab and clicks on Advanced Parameters, you will find the Login Administration menu. Here, new users can be added and one of three authorization levels can be assigned.

An Administrator can use all functions. Supervisor can use all functions except Log-In administration. A User may access all basic functions of the software but not alter test parameters or advanced settings.

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