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 Instrumentation developments that provide accurate data and significantly shorten analysis time are desirable and necessary. 

 Wall friction testing is an established method for quantifying the frictional interaction between a powder and a potential material of construction. 

 All safeguards intended to prevent dust explosions must be recognized, understood and maintained by operating forces. 

 A team of coatings industry experts worked together for as many as 10 years on the testing and adoption of this standard. The methodology in this new cycle applies not only to automotive coating systems with steel and plastic substrates, but can also apply to aircraft coatings as well as coatings for other industries. 

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is used extensively to characterize the chemical composition of trace evidence such as paints, fibers and adhesives as well as seized drugs and related chemicals. Thermo Fisher has recently introduced the Thermo Scientific™ iS™50 ATR module, a novel, extended-range attenuated total reflectance (ATR) module that is integrated into the Nicolet™ iS50 FT-IR spectrometer.

The Nanovea ST400 is used to measure the orange peel result on a paint’s gloss.