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Visiting Kochi University (Japan)

Our portable mass spectrometer arrived safely at the Center for Advanced Marine Core Research of Kochi University hosting one of the IODP core repositories . Sunday Feb. 12th was dedicated to some sightseeing.

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Our miniRUEDI is ready to take off!

For our first international project the miniRUEDI underwent the custom procedures at Zurich Airport and it is now ready to fly to Japan!

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The pressure wave of the Tonga volcanic eruption reaches our miniRUEDI

On Jan. 15th 2022, while running test measurements, our miniRUEDI was able to catch the pressure wave produced by the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption.

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Entracers miniRUEDI operational at the Grimsel Test Site

The first miniRUEDI of Entracers is ready to perform gas measurements for the GAST experiment at the Grimsel Test Site. We are looking forward to the developments of this project managed by Nagra!

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Entracers acquired the first patented GE-MIMS module

Let’s call it “Christmas present”: Entracers is now the proud owner of the first patented (or, more precisely, “pat. pending”) GE-MIMS module which allows quantitative gas analysis in water using the miniRUEDI. Such Eawag-patented GE-MIMS modules can be purchased at Gasometrix GmbH.

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Entracers’ miniRUEDI is here!

After a couple of months Entracer’s first portable membrane inlet mass spectrometer system (aka miniRUEDI) is ready to determine gas concentrations in the environment. A few applications that exemplify the flexibility of this instrument:

Testing the miniRUEDI

Many thanks are due to Matthias Brennwald at Gasometrix GmbH for supporting its construction!

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Almost ready to run

A few more custom parts and our portable membrane inlet mass spectrometer will be ready to run.

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Screws, nuts, and gaskets

Entracers’ first portable mass spectrometer system is getting a more concrete shape. It should be operational within a couple of months.

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Slowly but steadily

The first “serious” piece of equipment is growing! You can guess what is this device…