A method of determining opal-C and cristobalite contents of a product that comprises diatomite is disclosed. The method may comprise performing thermal processing to determine a loss on ignition for a representative first portion of a sample of the product; identifying and quantifying primary and secondary peaks present in a first diffraction pattern that results from bulk powder X-ray Diffraction on a representative second portion of the sample; and using a known standard sample of cristobalite to determine whether the primary and secondary peaks present in the first diffraction pattern indicate the presence of opal-C or cristobalite in the product.

Provided is a hybrid process for producing high-purity para-xylene from a feedstock of aromatic hydrocarbon isomer fractions having 8 carbon atoms, in a liquid phase. The process includes a liquid chromatography separation step and a crystallization step of the para-xylene from the purified stream of para-xylene obtained at the separation step.

Disclosed herein are peptoids and related compounds, including peptoid affinity ligands for binding and/or purifying immunoglobulins, immunoglobulin fragments or immunoglobulin fusion proteins thereof. Methods of making peptoid affinity ligands and using the same to bind, purify and/or isolate immunoglobulins and related compounds are also disclosed. Such peptoid affinity ligands comprise a peptoid compound consisting of sequentially coupled peptoid residues forming a peptoid backbone, with one or more functional groups appended to a nitrogen of the peptoid residues of the peptoid backbone configured to provide the desired binding affinity.

Systems for separating Ra from a mixture comprising at least Ra, Pb, Bi, and Th are provided. The systems can include: a first vessel housing a first media and Th or Bi; a second vessel in fluid communication with the first vessel, the second vessel housing a second media and Pb; and a third vessel in fluid communication with the second vessel, the third vessel housing a third media and Ra, wherein at least one of the first, second, or third medias are different from the other media.

Methods for separating Ra from Pb, Bi, and Th are provided, the methods can include: providing a first mixture comprising Ra, Pb, Bi, and/or Th; providing a system that can include: a first vessel housing a first media; a second vessel in fluid communication with the first vessel, the second vessel housing a second media; and a third vessel in fluid communication with the second vessel, the third vessel housing a third media; and exposing the first mixture to the first media within the first vessel then, through the fluid communication, exposing the first remainder to the second media in the second vessel, then, through fluid communication, exposing the next remainder to the third media in the third vessel, the exposing separating the Th and Bi from the Ra and Pb, and the Ra from the Pb.

Methods for separating Ra from being associated with a media are also provided. The methods can include: exposing the Ra and media to a chelating agent to form a mixture comprising the Ra complexed with the chelating agent.

The novel porous framework materials (such as metal organic frameworks or covalent organic frameworks) having a wide range of applications, which was designed and developed in an inventive manner to resolve issues with respect to a carrier material in a stationary phase of a conventional chiral chromatographic column in which the carrier material has poor stability, a chiral resolving agent has a low loading rate, and the chiral resolving agent is prone to loss or is applied in a restricted manner. The porous framework material efficiently loads a chiral resolving agent (such as proteins, enzymes, or macrocyclic antibiotics) by means of covalent bonding, adsorption, embedding, and crosslinking, such that a variety of efficient and durable chiral stationary phases are prepared to serve as a novel high-performance chromatographic column filler used for chromatographic chiral separation (such as high-performance liquid chromatography or capillary chromatography). The various chiral stationary phases prepared by applying the above technique have high separation efficiency, high stability, and durability, and have been successfully applied to perform efficient separation of different kinds of chiral materials such as chiral amino acids and a chiral drug. The technique greatly widens the application range and extends the service life of a chiral chromatographic separation column.

A method for separating steviol glycoside, including: a separating step 55 of performing a continuous liquid chromatography for continuously separating at least one type of steviol glycoside by allowing a liquid to be separated containing plural types of steviol glycosides to pass through a separating agent in which polyethylene imine is immobilized to a carrier.

An Fc-binding polypeptide of improved alkali stability, comprising a mutant of a parental Fc-binding domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as defined by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO 51 or SEQ ID NO 52, wherein at least the asparagine or serine residue at the position corresponding to position 11 in SEQ ID NO: 4-7 has been mutated to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, methionine, valine, alanine, histidine and arginine.

The subject invention pertains to proteins are purified by a mixed-mode chromatography system formed by attaching a ligand with cation exchange and hydrophobic 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl group functionalities to a large-pore support matrix, the only linkage between the ligand and the support matrix being a chain having a backbone of one, two, three, four, or five atoms between the hydrophobic group and the support matrix.

A method of purifying radiochemical species (e.g., radiopharmaceuticals) using thin layer chromatography (TLC) plates includes loading one or more TLC plates with a sample containing the radiochemical species to be purified. The one or more TLC plates are then developed with a mobile phase. The one or more developed TLC plates are then imaged to obtain radioactivity image(s) of the one or more TLC plates. Optional UV images may also be obtained using the same imaging platform. The location of the radiochemical species on the one or more TLC plates is identified from the radioactivity image(s). The radiochemical species on the one or more TLC plates is/are removed at the identified locations. Removal may be accomplished using a mechanical process such as scraping or punching. Alternatively, non-destructive techniques may be employed to remove the radiochemical species from the TLC plate(s).

Chromatography resins having anionic exchange-hydrophobic mixed mode ligands, that are useful for purifying target biomolecules using anionic exchange (i.e., where the ligand is positively charged) and hydrophobic mixed mode chromatography. The chromatography resins allow for efficient purification of target biomolecules (e.g., recombinant proteins, antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, or antibody derivatives including, but not limited to, antibody fragments and antibody fusions) from a sample, and have been found to be useful in purifying monomeric target biomolecules from aggregate target biomolecules. In an embodiment, the chromatography resins are useful for separating antibodies from one or more components (e.g., contaminants) in the sample.