Ammonia Test Kits Update The CHEMetrics Nessler Ammonia product line has been providing a reliable and straightforward means to measure ammonia in water for decades. The K-1503 and K-1523 Vacu-vials tests have been very successful, despite the limitation of the 2-month shelf-life. In September 2023 we addressed the short shelf-life of K-1503 by launching K-1513,…
Introduction Q1 2024 was a busy time at CHEMetrics! We have made a lot of updates to our product lines and website to help increase our production flexibility, response time, order accuracy, and on-time delivery. These changes encompassed product labels, packaging, new products, and part # retirements. To help make sense of the different part number…
Two New Filming Amine Test Kits Available CHEMetrics has developed new test kits utilizing the Rose Bengal chemistry for measuring residual corrosion inhibitors like film forming amines (FFA) in boiler systems. K-1013 features our Vacu-vials® ampoules and is compatible with a CHEMetrics V-3000 photometer or spectrophotometers that accept a 13mm round cell. Alternatively, a K-1013…
What is Changing? In the coming days you will notice a change to the packaging for all VACUettes products. The VACUettes capillary tips will no longer be attached to the test ampoule. Instead, the tips will now be supplied in a small plastic box packaged alongside the CHEMets refill containing the ampoules. If you are…
Why Measure Ozone in Water? Ozone (O3) treatment has become an important tool for water quality engineers. As new more stringent requirements from regulators and customers must be met, ozone is often the oxidizer and disinfectant of choice for a wide range of process applications. Ozonation is used for viral, bacterial, and parasitic disinfection, the…
What Is a COD Test? A Chemical Oxygen Demand, or COD test, measures how much dissolved oxygen (DO) is consumed by the oxidation of organic matter and inorganic compounds such as ammonia or nitrite under controlled conditions. COD is widely recognized as an indicator of wastewater influent and effluent quality. COD analysis is typically performed…
What Is a Comparator? A comparator is a set of sealed ampoules containing color standards made of dye mixtures that closely match the color (hue) and intensity of CHEMetrics test ampoules when the tips are snapped in solutions of corresponding analyte concentrations. By sealing the dyes in ampoules, we can more closely recreate the color…
Food and beverage packaging takes many shapes and forms in today’s marketplace. In an effort to maintain grocery shelf-life and flavor quality, these products are processed and assembled by sophisticated packaging equipment that has evolved away from traditional bottling and canning methods. Systems of quality control in the food and beverage industry have become more…
A New Meter for Measuring Ammonia To provide even more convenient water testing options, CHEMetrics now offers the A-2024 Single Analyte Meter (SAM) for the measurement of ammonia in water. The A-2024 SAM is an affordable portable ammonia photometer designed to work with the currently available K-1413 and K-1513 Ammonia Vacu-vials test kits. Whether you…
CHEMetrics announces the release of a new Vacu-vials test kit which employs the Direct Nesslerization method to measure ammonia in drinking water, clean surface water, good-quality nitrified wastewater effluent, and seawater. The new K-1513 instrumental test kit offers an extended shelf-life advantage over our existing K-1503 and K-1523 Nessler ammonia Vacu-vials test kits. K-1513…
