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What is a flame photometer and how does it work?
What Is Its Function? The flame photometer is a highly regarded scientific instrument used for measuring the presence and concentration of metal ions, particularly the alkali and alkaline earth metals, in a solution. This is determined through the science of flame emission spectroscopy. The target metals are Barium, Calcium, Lithium, Potassium, and Sodium. How Does It Work? (New opening sentence below, covers the "working principle" phrasing that another retiring post ranks on.) The working...
A closer look at our latest flame photometer
Our latest Flame Photometer, the BWB Flash is the first simultaneous flame photometer with built in compressor and configurable element...
Flame Photometer vs. Colorimeter: What’s the difference?
Flame photometers are wonderful devices, as you almost certainly know if you’re reading this. Colorimeters preceded them and were one of...
Unparalleled support from BWB and the international network
Real people The entire team at BWB strongly believes that we need to have a combination of products that consistently push the boundaries...
Advantages and Disadvantages: When is the flame photometer the best choice?
Flame photometry is the preferred technique for detecting and reporting inorganic metals from the alkali earth and alkali rare earth groups, most often including sodium, calcium, potassium, lithium, and barium. These elements lend themselves to this sort of analysis because of the excitability of their ions in a controlled flame causing them to produce highly accurate spectra (aka characteristic wavelengths) which identifies the substance, and quantifies it, too. The method has both...
Flame Photometer & Bodily Fluids: What can it teach us?
While this article is not intended as a biology lesson, the use of flame photometers in the biological sciences is of paramount...
Flame Photometer Samples: Preparing for efficiency and speed
It would be nice if body scanners and handheld medical tricorders from Star Trek existed. Indeed, something similar is already in...
The Role of Standard Solutions: Making your Flame Photometer Accurate
The best equipment in the world is useless without careful calibration. At BWB, we have worked hard to automate the flame photometer calibration process to ensure consistency, reliability, and repeatability. Our objective is to eliminate, as far as possible, human error by using an internal computerised process that tells the operator when to introduce the various solutions for calibration. Many existing flame photometers still require the user to stay in the lower concentration ranges -...
Flame photometry and the food industry
Using four basic components, a flame; nebuliser and mixing chamber; selective filters; and photo detectors, our Flame Photometers simultaneously detect and display five ions - K, Na, Li, Ca, and Ba, accurately determining the concentration of each within a given substance by measuring the intensity of light emitted when each element is exposed to a flame. The need to monitor levels of certain ingredients in food for health reasons means that flame photometers are commonly used within the food...
A look back at 2023
BWB Technologies' flame photometer range consistently pushes the boundaries of low temperature flame photometry and 2023 has been no...
A new brand built to truly reflect who BWB is today
By Hozan Edwards As a global company with offices in Europe, America and the Middle East, BWB is committed to remaining at the cutting...
Flame Photometer Uses: It’s a broader range than you think
Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (AES), or Flame Photometry, as it is more commonly known, has a surprisingly large range of uses. Most people think of bioassays when the topic comes up. Few talk about industrial manufacturing, quality control, pollution monitoring, remote sensing, process automation, or other topics. Technological innovations have allowed flame photometers to penetrate many markets. They now feature high reliability, the ability to operate continuously with little maintenance,...
Flame Photometer or Spectrophotometer: What is the difference?
Flame Photometers and Spectrophotometers are both analytical instruments used in the process of chemical analysis. They differ...
Flame Photometer Nebuliser: What is it and how does it work?
A flame photometer is an instrument used to measure the concentration of certain specific elements in a sample. This is based on the...
Why Flame Photometer Calibration is so Important
Introduction: In the realm of analytical chemistry, flame photometry stands tall as a reliable and widely-used technique for determining...
Understanding LOD and LOQ: Limits of Detection and Quantification
In various scientific fields, particularly in analytical chemistry and biology, researchers often encounter the terms LOD and LOQ. These...
BWB Technologies Ltd Celebrates Association with the Prompt Payment Code!
BWB Technologies Ltd (BWB), a leading provider of cutting-edge Flame photometers proudly announces its association with the Prompt...
