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What’s New at Eichrom

Michael Fern

VP Sales & Marketing

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Eichrom: the resin company

Eichrom:innovation in analytical chemistry

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New Initiatives

• Drinking water testing lab in Europe

• Resolve® Filters

• Rapid dioxin test kit

• Other opportunities in analytical chemistry

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Eichrom EuropeDrinking Water Testing Laboratory

Rennes

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Eichrom Europe Drinking Water Testing Laboratory

• New European regulations for water• No commercial lab industry for radchem• Eichrom Europe capabilities

– Gross alpha/beta (certified 9/04)– 3H and 40K (certified 9/04)– Isotopic analysis:

• U, 239/240Pu, 241Am, 226/228Ra, 89/90Sr, 210Pb• Certification expected 9/05

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Benefits to Eichrom

• Open regulatory environment in Europe– European Approvals for Eichrom methodologies– Leverage for US approvals?

• Better understanding of needs of commercial lab

• Expanded lab facilities– More resources for product/application development

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Resolve Filters

• 0.1µ polypropylene

• 25 mm diameter

• Quality Control:– SEM visual screening– Alpha Spectrometry

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Quality Control

Eichrom Filter: 1500 X

241Am/243Am: FWHM < 50 keV Uniformity of pore size; absence of very large pores

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New Filter Products

• Resolve® Filters– Production infrastructure– Growing expertise

• Specialty filters for air sampling/direct counting

• General Lab filtration products– Where technical performance is critical

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Dibenzo-p-dioxin

~75 congeners

Dibenzofuran

~135 congeners

Dioxin

O

O1

2

3

46

7

8

9

O

1

2

3

46

7

8

9

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Why is dioxin a problem?

• Dioxin is a toxic organic compound

• Generated by “low temperature combustion”

• Non-biodegradable and lipid soluble

• Human exposure through the food chain

• Victor Yuschenko– Who?

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How is dioxin measured?EPA 8290

16 hours 3 large columns

“5 samples in 5 days”

Organic Extraction

Column Clean-up

GC-MS Analysis

$500K capital item, 20 samples/day

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Eichrom’s Opportunities

Dioxin-Selective Resin(Ongoing research program)

Organic Extraction

Column Clean-up

GC-MS Analysis

Rapid Test Kit:100 samples/day$30,000 instrument

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Dioxin Test Kit

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Where will the next innovations come from?

• Identify needs in analytical chemistry market place– New regulations (European drinking water testing)– High cost of analysis (dioxin analysis)– Capacity constraints (beryllium testing)

• Identify technologies to meet these needs:– Internally (Beryllium Resin)– Externally (Rapid Dioxin Test Kit)

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What is on the horizon?

• Beryllium analysis needs of non-DOE sectors

• Other metals preconcentration/purification prior to AA or ICP analysis

• PCBs, brominated flame retardants, endocrine disruptors

• Let us know what you think.

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Thank you.

Any questions?