Chemical ID Device -- Occupational Health & Safety

ThermoFisher Scientific Inc.

Chemical ID Device

Thermo Fisher Scientific has released a software update to its chemical ID software products, FirstDefender RM and FirstDefender RMX, called Thermo Scientific FirstDefender RM/RMX 4.1. With the new software, the all-optical Raman system devices can ID more chemicals, prioritize certain chemicals and more. Users can use tagging to prioritize which unknown chemicals are of the greatest concern to their specific company. Though users can focus in on specific chemicals, they can also ID over 11,000 different chemicals if need be. The new software also features updated language settings that allow users in countries all over the world to use the program.

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