Product category:
Chromatographs: gas
News Release from: C2V
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 14 August 2006
Developing a fast handheld GC for threat
detection
Funded by a $2M government grant C2V will work with VU in conjunction with Omnilabo International and will develop an ultra fast, handheld threat detector based on gas chromatography
Gas chromatographs are used in security and safety, industrial processing, laboratories and quality control The consortium will focus on fast and handheld screening and detection of toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents for security applications
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 14 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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