Fields of Application

• Pharmaceutical research
  A large, Midwest-based pharmaceutical firm uses the CMS8400 to monitor incubated kidney cell lines undergoing apoptosis.
• Fermentation
  In the Central Nervous System research lab of an internationally known pharmaceutical firm, the CMS8400 helps boost yields in an antibiotic biosynthesis. During a fermentation process unwanted free radical build up is easily seen and, if found, corrected for.
• Veterinary research
  An internationally known manufacturer uses the CMS8400 to monitor free radical generation occurring in reaction among constituents in animal feeds of different compositions.
• Polymer production
  A chemical company uses the CMS8400 to closely measure free radical initiator concentration at its on-line process for producing polystyrene.
• Supertanker engine wear
  When docking in international ports an American oil company uses the CMS8400 in an engine wear assay. A portion of a Super tanker’s engine oil is tested looking for the presence of metals that would indicate damage.
• Biological research
  To better elucidate their work on free radicals in biological systems, researchers at NIEH are using the CMS8400 as part of a novel hybrid technique where ESR is being combined with MS and HPLC.
• Flavour Stability in Beer
  The CMS 8400 is used to measure The lag time determination of the endogenous antioxidative activity which has a direct connection to the stability of the flavour of the beer.
• Undergraduate instruction
  For the purpose of experimentally demonstrating the concepts of modern atomic and molecular structure brought up in lectures, the CMS8400 is being used as a teaching tool in undergraduate laboratory courses. Here visual evidence is given of hard-to-grasp concepts like electron spin and molecular orbitals.