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Bringing Paragon Products to a Global Market

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 27, 2022 9:15:00 AM / by LGC Industrials posted in Certified Reference Materials, Paragon Scientific

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By now you may have heard the exciting news that Paragon Scientific (Paragon) has joined the LGC Standards family, and has joined forces with VHG, ARMI, and MBH to create LGC Industrial.

What does Paragon specialize in? Revered as a trusted partner in European markets, Paragon specializes in the production of premium quality reference materials including Density, Flash Point, Refractive Index, and Viscosity standards. We are excited to bring these products to the global markets.

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What's your flash point?

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 29, 2021 11:34:12 AM / by Courtney Dillon posted in Certified Reference Materials, Paragon Scientific

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Flash point is the lowest temperature at which a liquid (usually a petroleum product) will form a vapor in the air near its surface that will “flash,” or briefly ignite, on exposure to an open flame1. Back in the late 1800s, flash point was a lived experience. Households primarily used kerosene for heat and light, and open flame was a part of every day. Bad kerosene – fuel diluted with gasoline or other contaminants – delivered unpredictable flash points and bad results. Fires and explosions were fairly common. These shared catastrophes ushered in a focused effort to establish meaningful standards for various grades of petroleum. Both ASTM2 and OSHA3 have created standard flash point measurement methods that are used today.

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Why is viscosity testing important in fuel analysis?

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 15, 2021 1:30:00 PM / by Courtney Dillon posted in Certified Reference Materials, Paragon Scientific, Viscosity

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If you asked Canadian petroleum chemist J.S. Charlesworth in 1947 what the most important characteristic of lubricating oil was, he would have said, Viscosity1. After all, he said, “it’s a measure of the oil’s resistance to flow, or of its internal friction…[i]t indicates…the ability of an oil to support loads.” At just about the mid-20th century, the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) published a set of standards for the measurement of viscosity of petroleum products2. Of course, the importance of viscosity is well known today, and there are standard methods worldwide to ensure uniformity of testing. 

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Reference Materials get Physical

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 13, 2021 11:45:00 AM / by Dave Coler posted in Certified Reference Materials, Paragon Scientific, Physicals

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We are pleased to announce that we have added a complete range of physical reference materials to our product portfolio through our recent acquisition of Paragon Scientific. The Paragon portfolio compliments the elemental analysis products we currently offer under our VHG, ARMI and MBH Industrial sector brands and provides a more complete offering to our customers.

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