Technical and Application Notes
The following documents illustrate applications for which Infometrix products have been designed. Although not exhaustive, these notes provide examples in the field where the technology has found use. The applications span most sources of multivariate data with emphasis on the traditional applications in optical spectroscopy, chromatography and discrete measurement sources. A section at the end relates applications for Infometrix instrument company partners.
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| Application | Note Type | Data Source | Algorithm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octane Number | AN | NIR | PLS |
| Bacterial ID | AN | HPLC | KNN |
| Dairy & Grain Properties | AO | NIR | PLS |
| Chemometrics in Chromatography | AO | GC,LC | Classify,Regress |
| Food and Beverage Overview | AO | NIR | Classify,Regress |
| Environmental Science Overview | AO | GC | Classify,Regress |
| Plant Optimization | AO | Phys | PCA,HCA,PLS |
| Factor-Based Regression | TN | PLS,PCR | |
| Pirouette Algorithms | TN | ||
| E-Nose Approaches | AN | MS | PCA |
| HSMS E-Nose Applications | AN | MS | |
| Oil Mixtures in Margarine | AN | GC | ALS |
| Analysis of Petroleum Mixtures | AN | GC | ALS |
| Automated Interpretation of Chromatograms | PN | GC | Align |
| Curve Resolution of Naphthalenes | AN | GC | MCR |
| Cancer Screening | AN | NMR | KNN |
| Trans-Fat in Food | AN | GC | ALS |
| Align Chromatographic Profiles | PN | GC | Align |
| Mixture Analysis for Metabonomics | AN | NMR | ALS |
| Automated Alignment | AB | GC | Align |
| Process Chromatography | AB | GC | Align |
| Monitoring Hydrocarbons | AB | GC | PCA |
| Steady State Processing | AB | Physical | PCA |
| Apportioning Oils | AB | GC | ALS |
| Aligning Crude Oils | AB | GC | Align |
| Chemometrics for Metabonomics | AN | MS | PCA |
| Partners | Data | Algorithm | |
| Bio-Rad's Informatics Division specializes in state-of-the-art software and database solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical industries. Their KnowItAll Informatics System offers a fully integrated environment with complete software and database solutions for chemical, analytical, and biological information. | |||
| Metabonomics Mixtures | NMR | PCA | |
| Reaction Monitoring with Raman | Raman | PCA | |
| Mycobacteria Discrimination with PCA | LC | PCA | |
| Characterizing Refinery Products | GC | PCA | |
| Biomarker Identification | NMR | PCA | |
| Gerstel GmbH sells the ChemSensor, which combines an Agilent mass spectrometer (MSD) with Pirouette and InStep to yield a rapid screening tool for the petroleum, food, environmental and pharmaceutical industries. Most of the applications are focused on headspace analysis, but other technologies such as SPME are supported. | |||
| Soft Drinks | HSMS | PCA,HCA | |
| Analysis of Flavors | HSMS | PCA | |
| Analysis of Food and Beverages | HSMS | PCA,SIMCA | |
| Rapid Screening | HSMS | SIMCA | |
| Whiskey Adulteration | HSMS | PCA,SIMCA,PCR | |
| Spoilage Detection | HSMS | PCA,HCA,SIMCA | |
| Beer Aging | HSMS | PCA | |
| AC Analytical Controls bundles the chromatographic alignment tool LineUp with their detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) system. Based on the Agilent 6890 and 6850 GCs, the AC DHA product substantially improves the reliability of assigning more than 900 reference components of gasoline for routine quality control work. | |||
| Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis | GC | Align | |
| Analytical Specialties, Inc. uses both LineUp and InStep to allow multivariate interpretations of chromatographic traces in real time. The product, MicroFast GC, is a rapid means of doing quality control assessments using a rapid response FID instrument in a compact package. | |||
| Fugitive Hydrocarbon Monitoring | GC | SIMCA | |