Elementar

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In 1897, the researcher Max Dennstedt reported a simplified method for organic elemental analysis in his publication Über Vereinfachung der organischen Elementaranalyse, making use of platinum from the Heraeus Platinum Smelting Factory (founded in 1857){{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.heraeus-group.com/en/about-heraeus/history/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.heraeus-group.com}} as an oxidation catalyst.Dennstedt, Max (1897): Über Vereinfachung der organischen Elementaranalyse. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Chemie 15, 462-469. In 1899, Richard Küch, researcher at the Heraeus Platinum Smelting Factory, succeeded in producing quartz glass of very high purity, which was soon used for the elemental analysis of carbon, and nitrogen.https://www.heraeus.com/en/group/about_heraeus/corporate_history/corporate_history.aspx Heraeus corporate history. Website of Heraeus Holding. Retrieved 2016-02-10.{{Cite web |title=Heraeus celebrates 150th birthday of inventor Richard Küch |url=https://spie.org/news/0820-heraeus-anniv |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=spie.org}} Between 1900 and 1910, Max Dennstedthttp://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/oc/publikationen/Dennstedt.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202021617/http://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/oc/publikationen/Dennstedt.html |date=2014-12-02 }} Biography and publications of Max Dennstedt. Website of Hamburg University. Retrieved 2014-08-07. substantially improved the procedures of elemental analyses,Dennstedt, Max (1901): Eine vereinfachte Methode der Elementaranalyse. Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie 40, 611-614.Dennstedt, Max (1903): Anleitung zur vereinfachten Elementaranalyse für wissenschaftliche und technische Zwecke. Hamburg: Otto-Meisner, 1903. which was the basis for the first generation of elemental analyzers with electrical furnaces produced by Heraeus.Max Dennstedt mentioned this company several times in his publication on simplified elemental analysis (Dennstedt, Max (1905): Über vereinfachte Elementaranalyse und ihre Verwendung für technische Zwecke. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Chemie 18, 1134-1137) In 1923, Fritz Pregl received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances,{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1923/summary/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}} using dedicated analytical equipment manufactured by Heraeus.Fritz Pregl mentioned this company several times in his book on micro-analysis of organic substances (Pregl, Fritz: Die quantitative organische Mikroanalyse. Berlin: Springer, 1917. {{ISBN|978-3-86444-914-7}}. pp. 60, 109, 124) In 1932, the first elemental analyzer for simultaneous detection of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen was invented.{{Cite web |title=Company history - Elementar |url=https://www.elementar.com/en/about-us/history |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.elementar.com |language=en}} In 1944 and 1945, the town of Hanau, an important German industrial site, as well as Heraeus production facilities, were nearly completely destroyed in Allied bombing raids.https://www.heraeus.com/en/group/about_heraeus/corporate_history/corporate_history.aspx Heraeus corporate history. Website of Heraeus Holding. Retrieved 2016-02-10.

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After the Second World War, the company diversified its elemental analysis products, but an extensive reorganization of the Heraeus core business divisions in the early 1990s resulted in plans to discontinue the production of elemental analyzers. In 1995, the elemental analysis business of Heraeus was sold in a management buyout to Hans-Peter Sieper, at that time head of the Heraeus elemental analysis division.Kreutzer, Hans (1998): 100 Jahre Gerätetechnik für die organische Elementaranalyse aus Hanau. GIT Laboratory Journal, special issue. Hans-Peter Sieper restructured the business under the brand name Elementar. Under his management, the company grew into a global company group with offices in the U.S., China, France, Italy, Japan, India and Australia, and operations in many other countries.{{Cite web |title=Contact worldwide - Elementar |url=https://www.elementar.com/en/contact/contact-worldwide |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.elementar.com}} In 2008, Elementar acquired Isoprime Ltd., a company specialised on the construction of isotope ratio mass spectrometers (IRMS), and set the basis for entry into the market of stable isotope ratio analysis.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=Excellence in elements: The experts in elemental analysis - Elementar |url=https://www.elementar.com/en-gb/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.elementar.com |language=en}}http://www.laboratory-journal.com/news/firmennachrichten/elementar-analysesysteme-acquires-gas-irms-product-line GIT Laboratory Journal news archive. Retrieved 2014-08-07. Following a decision in 2016 to consolidate all products under a single identity the IRMS products were re-branded from the beginning of 2017 as Elementar and Isoprime Ltd was renamed Elementar UK Ltd at the same time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/161497/adjustment-of-the-elementar-branding-strategy.html|title=Adjustment of the Elementar branding strategy|website=www.chemeurope.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}

Elementar is specialized in the development and production of elemental analyzers for the measurement of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, hydrogen and oxygen for product quality and purity control of food, fuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The production facility is located in Langenselbold, Hesse, Germany.https://www.elementar.com/en/ Website of Elementar. Retrieved 2020-11-09.

Elementar UK produces isotope ratio mass spectrometers used for stable isotope ratio measurement of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, hydrogen and oxygen in industry and academia. The production facility is located in Manchester, United Kingdom.https://www.elementar.com/en-gb/ Website of Elementar UK (formerly Isoprime). Retrieved 2020-11-09. In 2013, the company was awarded The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export).

Elementar supplies instrumentation to manufacturing companies and service providers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, the energy sector, food industry and agriculture.https://www.elementar.com/en/applications Elementar Applications. Website of Elementar. Retrieved 2020-11-09.

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• [https://www.elementar.com/en.html Official Company Website]
• [https://www.elementar.com/us.html Elementar Americas]
• [https://www.elementar.com/uk.html Elementar UK]

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