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Topic: chemistry

  • Hidden Chemistry webinar highlights

    The WQA Podcast, listeners hear excerpts from the recent WQA webinar, “Hidden Chemistry: Unmasking Contaminants with Smarter Water Analysis.” Dr. Joshua Mertz, director of research and development at LaMotte Company, explores why identifying a contaminant such as iron, lead or manganese may tell only part of the story.

  • Hidden Chemistry: Unmasking Contaminants with Smarter Water Analysis

    Contaminants rarely reveal themselves in their simplest form. Iron may exist as dissolved ions, particles, or complexes; lead can hide in unexpected chemistry; arsenic shifts between species with very different risks. Manganese brings additional challenges that complicate both detection and treatment.