Organic Base of Citranox
Q. I have a laboratory technologist that has severe allergies to corn and citrus and their derivatives upon inhalation. Can you tell me what is the organic base of the citric acid in Citranox? A. Citric Acid in Citranox® and Citrajet® is produced through a fermentation process. A carbohydrate source, either dextrose derived from corn or sucrose from beet sugar or cane sugar is fermented to Citric Acid using Aspergillus niger. The fermentation is conducted . . .
BIOMEDevice Boston 2016
Enjoy free expo admission for you and your colleagues! Join us April 13 – 14 at the Boston Convention Center for the 2016 BIOMEDevice Boston event. Alconox, Inc. is at Booth #240. Be sure and come visit our booth to receive our fun, unique gifts, expert technical support for critical cleaning applications and detergent samples.
Residue Testing with pH Strips
Q. Can I use pH paper to confirm cleaning and rinsing of labware to comply with lab accreditation requirements?
A. If you are going to use pH strips to comply with lab accreditation requirements, you need to verify that your detergents are not interfering with the strips and papers. Detergents and surface active agents can interfere with some pH paper by causing a decrease of several pH units in reading. Please test any pH paper you intend to use …
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Laboratory Cleaning – Quartz Tubing
Q. The highest purity is needed for metal alloy crystal growth in quartz ampoules. Quartz tubing will be purchased new, but we want to make sure it’s as clean as possible for our experiments
A. For the cleanest possible quartz we recommend an alkaline detergent followed by an acid detergent. Read More.