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Burgener Nebulizer History Timeline |
| 15 billion B.C. | Universe Created. |
| 4.5 billion B.C. | Earth created. |
| 65 million B.C. | Mammals replace Dinosaurs. |
| 1 million B.C. | First ancestors of humans. |
| 5 thousand B.C. | Recorded Human History begins. |
| 1800 - 1900 A.D. | Burgener ancestors arrive in Canada. |
| 1946 A.D. | Jack Burgener starts first commercial spectrographic lab in Canada. |
| 1977 A.D. | John Burgener begins work on ICP whole rock analysis. |
| 1978 | Development of high temp Lithium Metaborate Fusion for whole rock ICP analysis. |
| 1985 | John Burgener and Guy Legere develop Burgener Legere Nebulizer - The first commercial Teflon Nebulizer, and the first Babington V groove type nebulizer in one, non-adjustable piece. |
| 1986 | Trulogic Spectrometer upgrade developed. Spectrometer Operating System software written by John Burgener for Trulogic spectrometer. |
| 1989 | Technical Solutions unLimited created to sell nebulizers and software. |
| 1991 | Commercial Lab sold, John Burgener begins to work full time on Nebulizers and software. |
| 1992 | Lambda III (DOS version) spectral wavelength tables introduced. |
| 1993 | Introduction of the BTF, the first commercial parallel path nebulizer. TCR-1: First Teflon Chamber introduced. Introduction of the BTS 30, BTS 50 and BTS 100. |
| 1994 | T2000 long nose parallel path nebulizer developed. |
| 1995 | Burgener Research Incorporated. Parallel Path Nebulizer patent awarded. TJA Trace Parallel Path nebulizer introduced. T2002 nebulizer introduced. Q5000 Automatic Microwave Digestion system developed with Questron. |
| 1996 | Begin work on new design that will eventually become the Mira Mist. DCP Teflon nebulizer produced |
| 1997 | 1000th nebulizer produced. TCR 97 Teflon Chamber introduced. Lambda III for Windows introduced. |
| 1998 | SPIF for Windows introduced |
| 1999 | Micro 1 - First of our low flow Micro series nebulizers developed. |
| 2000 | Micro 3 introduced. |
| 2001 | Teflon & Peek Mira Mist introduced. Ari Mist introduced. Mira Mist CE introduced. Mini Teflon chamber introduced. LB 30 high flow industrial nebulizer introduced. |
| 2002 | Applied for Enhanced Parallel Path Method patent. Graphite Mira Mist HS introduced. SS 50 - Stainless Steel nebulizers introduced. Flex 50 - Flexible Nylon and Stainless Steel nebulizers introduced. Micro 3 discontinued |
| 2003 | US Patent # 6,634,572 issued Oct. 21, 2003 - Enhanced Parallel Path Nebulizer Method. Opening of new offices in England. Scott Double Pass Teflon Chamber introduced. Cyclonic Teflon Chamber introduced. |
| 2003 | 5000th nebulizer produced. |
| 2004 | Canadian Patent # 2,384,201 issued Nov. 30, 2004 - Enhanced Parallel Path Nebulizer Method. |
| 2006 | T2100 Introduced - 750 micron ID - the largest ID of any ICP nebulizer ever made. BTS 50 officially discontinued. |
| 2007 | 10,000 nebulizer produced. |
| 2008 | Trace Officially discontinued and replaced with T2100. Burgener Legere officially discontinued. |
| 2009 | Enya Mist introduced - 200 nanoliter/minute to 50 microliter/min sample flows. |
| 2009 | 15,000 nebulizer produced. |
| 2010 | T2002 officially discontinued, but plan to have them still available for many years. |
| 2011 | LB 80: 10 - 100 ml/min nebulizer - Introduced in April 2011. |
| 2011 | 20,000 nebulizer produced. |
| 2013 | 25,000 nebulizer produced |
| 2014 | Burgener PFA 250 & PFA 260 Nebulizer introduced. Burgener X-175 Nebulizer introduced. |
| 2019 | Burgener SC-175 Nebulizer introduced. |
| 2021 | 50,000th nebulizer produced. |
| 2022 | Mira Mist II introduced with 1/4-28 chromatographic sample line fittings. |
| 2023 | Aureus Nebulizer introduced: 100% HP PFA Enhanced Parallel Path nebulizer for ICP/MS. |