Most iron products these days are improved with the addition of ferroalloys, or iron alloys containing high levels of other primary elements. Ferroalloys are everywhere from cast iron to stainless steel. These extra elements help strengthen the metal by adding their...
What happens when you put two fantastic scientific minds together? Fantastic scientific breakthroughs! Dr Kim Marshall from LECO and Dr Arne Bengtson from Swerim, in Sweden, sat down with Andrew Storey, LECO Field Sales Specialist for Materials Analysis and Measured...
Portland cement, one of the most ubiquitous building materials in the world, is not all the same. There are five standardized types of Portland cement classified by the ASTM C150 standard, and each of these different types have different best-use cases. Part of what...
Elements Newsletter published an infographic of all metals mined from the earth in 2019, and the numbers were staggering. 3,248,814,334 tons of metal were mined, of which 3,040,000,000 tons were iron ore. Nearly 94% of all of the metal mined in 2019 was iron, and...
The supply of helium for laboratories hasn’t been as shaky lately as it has been in recent years, but the price of helium continues to rise. In the meantime, replacement gases keep being tested. Like helium, argon is an inert gas that can be used as a carrier...
For decades, LECO’s supply catalogs have gone hand-in-hand with the instruments they support. With everything from consumables to accessories to spare parts, the catalogs are key additions to a LECO laboratory. The newest catalog updates for our analytical...
The Grimm Lamp is the geometry of choice for spectrochemical analysis of solid materials with glow discharge. The basics of this design originated in the late 1960s when Werner Grimm of RSV Przisionsmessgerte GmbH in Hanau, Germany developed the lamp. As this year is...
Do you struggle with analyzing the quality and composition of your steel? How easily can you measure the surface hardness or fluctuating carbon concentrations? Are you confident with what your tools are telling you? Learn how LECO has been expanding what is possible...
Consumables are something that keep your lab instruments running smoothly, and in most cases, you couldn’t conduct an analysis without them. Here at LECO, we offer our own line of consumable products that go hand-in-hand with our instruments. Why buy LECO brand...
Our innovative analytical instrumentation provides users with solutions for a wide range of organic and inorganic applications. We want to help your lab succeed, which is why we share examples of the processes, methods of analysis, and results our instruments can...
