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Spectroscopy Explained

Spectroscopy is the branch of science dedicated to the investigation of electromagnetic spectra produced from the interaction between a sample and an energy source.
Justin Cucchiara Jessica Ingalsbe
October 29, 2020

In the quality assurance/quality control industry, optical emission spectroscopy (OES) plays a key role in material testing. The uses of OES cover a large scope of applications, but it is generally used for material identification and composition certification to industry specifications.


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Shimadzu Partners with Oklahoma State to Launch Mechanical and Physical Properties Testing Lab

Equipped with a collection of Shimadzu’s materials testing instruments, this lab space will reportedly allow students to characterize materials with an array of scientific techniques.
February 20, 2019

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and Oklahoma State University (OSU) have joined forces to help establish The College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology’s (CEAT) Mechanical and Physical Properties Testing Lab.


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Test & Inspection

The Vickers Hardness Test

Over the past 90 years, the Vickers test has proved to be an all-around respectable performer in a wide variety of applications, some of which the inventors never dreamed possible.
Walter Wardzala
November 1, 2013
The Vickers hardness test, an offshoot of the venerable Brinell test, has been used since the early 1920s.
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