Carbon Blackness [My], Jetness [Mc], Undertone [dM] and Tint Strength [T]
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“Carbon black, also called charcoal black lamp black, pigment black, soot or black carbon, is a fine particle carbon pigment obtained as soot from the incomplete combustion of many different types of organic materials, such as natural gas, or oil. Carbon black is usually a fine, soft, black powder. It is very stable and unaffected […]
BCU – Baking Contrast Units
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Baking Contrast quantifies lightness of baked crust, crumb and similar applications. Monitoring lot differences in fresh bread and cookies is a typical application but BCU can be applied to monitor browning in any baked product. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development […]
Measuring the Color of Sausage Casings
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The ColorFlex EZ (CFEZ) instrument is ideal for measuring certain food products. One such food based products that can be measured using the CFEZ is collagen sausage casings. Collagen is used as a meat casing because it is safe, versatile, cost effective, and is liked by consumers. Collagen casings are a manufactured product and generally […]
Independent Test Lab for DDG Color of Dried Distillers Grain?
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FAQ: “Do you know of a test lab for DDG Color of Dried Distillers Grain? DDG stands for ‘Dried Distillers Grain”. While its origins are based on evaluation of the residual protein content of wheat and corn for cattle feed that had been used in the distillation of whiskey, bourbon and spirits, it has moved […]
Directional Instruments
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HunterLab manufactures bench top instruments with two different geometry types: directional 45/0 (or 0/45) and diffuse sphere instruments, as discussed in a previous blog note. A 45/0 directional instrument illuminates the sample at a 45˚ angle from the sample surface and the detector is located 0˚ in line perpendicular to the sample surface. The […]
How are IQ OQ PQ protocols applied to stand-alone ColorFlex EZ and MiniScan EZ instruments?
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Here is how to think of IQ OQ PQ being applied in general for all HunterLab instruments. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, focused on understanding customer needs, […]
Measuring small sample quantities with ColorFlex
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FAQ: “My customer has a ColorFlex 45:0 LAV and needs to measure a very small amount of sample in a cup. Do we have a sample cup for small quantities?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he […]