ACL Instruments: Chemiluminescence Systems for the Analysis of Oxidative Reactions

Setaram (Caluire, France) and ACL Instruments (Kerzers, Switzerland) are pleased to announce a new distribution agreement for ACL’s range of Chemiluminescence analysis systems designed for the study of oxidative effects for aging, stability and high precision calculation of shelf life.

The ACL Instruments system allows for the use of minimal amounts of sample (≥ 0.1 mg) and the highest sensitivity yet results are unaltered by side reactions. The application potential of Chemiluminescence is enormous – this method is particularly suitable to characterize oxidative reactions, thermal decay, stability, efficiency assessment of stabilizers (qualitative and quantitative), determination of activation parameters and the prognosis of life expectancy, cross linking etc. The extraordinary sensitivity of the CL method allows examining oxidation reactions at moderate temperatures. This decreases the probability of observing secondary phase transition (softening, melting, changes in modification etc.) that commonly distort results obtained by conventional thermo-analytical method.

The ACL Instruments equipment is designed based on a modular construction concept. Central is a basic instrument configuration, allowing the actual Chemiluinescence-based analysis. Additional needs of clients can easily be addressed by upgrading anytime with innovative hardware modules (e.g. humidifier, spectrometer, photooxidation).

The Chemiluminescence technology is a valuable asset to analyze, score or predict oxidative and antioxidative effects, freshness or aging characteristics of technical goods, food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics etc. It allows the characterization necessary for prognosis of stability, quality and safety, and finds applications in R&D, quality assurance and academia.

By combining the system with Advanced Kinetics (AKTS) it is possible to have comprehensive life time predictions and decomposition predictions in any thermal environment, controlled or ambient.