ILAP Meetings

ILAP '07 Presentations

• ILAP Status and Accomplishments in 2006/2007
  - Daniel Geist, Analytical Reference Materials International

• LA-ICPMS: New (and Old) Directions and Possibilities for Challenging Samples
  - Alan Koenig, USGS - Mineral Resources Team

• Improved Performance and Productivity for ICP Analysis by an Innovative Optical Design
  - Dion Tsourides, Spectro AI, Inc.

• Current State of PT activities and CRM system in Chinese Metallurgical Industry
  - Wang Haizhou, China NIL Research Center for PT

• Generations & Transformations, a Glimpse of What's New
  - Jim Pasmore, Thermo Scientific - Niton Analyzers

• Working Together - Maximizing the Value of the Laboratory Accreditation Process
  - Dave Luoni, Performance Review Institute

• An impending development regarding ANSI and ISO REMCO
  - Bob Watters, NIST - Measurement Services

• ASTM E01 - Analytical Chemistry for Metals, PT Programs and ILS Programs
  - Tom O’Toole, ASTM International

• ASTM E01 - A Cooperative Partnership for Analytical Method Development
  - Carroll Davis, Alcoa

• Sample Preparation - Part of Your Spectrometer Performance
  - Rolf Breitlander, Breitlander GmbH

• Can small really be as good as big?
  - Debbie Schatzlein, Thermo Scientific - Niton Analyzers

• OPA-Novel Statistic Characterization of  Chemical Compositions and its States in Metals
  - Wang Haizhou, China NIL Research Center for PT

• Dilution by Weight - Improved Accuracies and Cost Efficiencies for Digestions
  - Alexis Puerta, IMR Test Labs

• Ni Base Single Crystal Super-Alloys
  - Wayne Brege, C-M Group

• HR-Glow Discharge MS: An Overview on How and Where it is Applied
  - Richard Balamut, EAG LLC, SHIVA Technologies

The ILAP '06 Conference was held August 7-11, 2006 at The Winter Park Mountain Lodge in Winter Park, CO.  The meeting was extremely well attended.

ILAP '06 Presentations

• ILAP Status and Accomplishments in 2005/2006
  - Daniel Geist, ARMI

• Laser Ablation ICP-MS, New (and Old) Directions and Capabilities for Challenging Samples
  - Alan Koenig, USGS

• Matrix-Independent Analysis of Minor Alloying Elements in Nickel
  - Anil Joshi, Haynes International, Inc.

• The Changing Face of Portable XRF
  - Jim Pasmore, NITON Analyzers

• Current Trends in Substance Regulations, New Laws and Standards Activities
  - Timothy McGrady, Serious Science

• Applications of ICPMS in a Production Laboratory
  - Ruth Wolf, USGS

• A Statistical Approach to Solution Standards Management
  - Juris Sarins, Sipi Metals Corp.

• Advanced Capabilities of the Shimadzu PDA-7000 AES
  - Ken Suddaby, Canalytical

• EDXRD - New Technology
  - Carl Cork, Compass Engineering

The ILAP '05 Conference was held July 27 - 29, 2005 at The Double Hotel & Conference Center at Cripple Creek, CO.  The meeting was extremely well attended.

ILAP '05 Presentations

• ILAP program status and accomplishments in 2004/2005
  - Daniel Geist, ARMI

• ICP-MS analysis and where it fits in the Analytical Lab
  - Alan Koenig, USGS

• Glow Discharge MS, an Affordable Technique for the Lab
  - Meike Hamester, Thermo Electron

• Laser Ablation ICP-MS an Evolving Technique for the Metals Lab
  - Alan Koenig, USGS

• Latest Advancements in Portable X-Ray Technology
  - Jim Pasmore, Niton

• One Hundred & Fourteen Years of Gold Mining
  - David Vardiman, CC & Victor Mining Co

• EU Directives & ASTM F40 on Declarable Substances in Materials
  - Tim McGrady, IMR Testing

• Heavy Elements in Plastic, Multi-Element Reference Samples
  - Stan Piorek, MAT LLC

• Lab Accreditation, Present, and Future Scopes
  - David Luoni, Performance Review Institute

• Testing tips for Bi in Lead-Free Alloys
  - Juris Sarins, Sipi Metals & Lee Dilks, Lab Testing

• Matrix-independent analysis of minor alloying elements
  - Dave McAnallen, Huntington Alloys

• Tour of the Victor Mine
  - David Vardiman, CC & Victor Mining Co