Environmental Health Laboratory
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Soul Catch
Our symbol, the
"Soul Catcher," is a Northwest Coast Indian symbol of physical and mental well-being.
(Artist: Marvin Oliver)

 

INSTRUMENTATION


Fee-for-Use Instrumentation

 Instrument  Model Features Uses
AFS PS Analytical Excaliber Hg & As detectors Hg and As analysis
FTIR Shimadzu IR Prestige-21 Gas cell; thin film and pellet capability Silica & breathing air analysis
GC Agilent 5890 II CombiPal autosampler with liquid, headspace, and SPME capabilities; ECD; FID; split/splitless inlet; cyro Halogenated compounds; organics; automated SPME
GC Agilent 7890 7693 autosampler; TCD; FID; split/splitless inlet Organic analysis
GC-MS Agilent 7890; Agilent 5973 inert multimode inlet; EI & ±CI sources; 7693 autosampler Organic analysis
GC-MS Agilent 5890 II; Agilent 5972 (metal quads) 7673 autosampler; split/splitless & COC inlets; cryo Organic analysis
GC Agilent 6890N 7683 autosampler FID; split/splitless injection Organic analysis

GC-MS

Agilent 5890 II; Agilent 5972 (metal quads) 7673 autosampler; split/splitless & COC inlets; cryo Organic analysis
HPLC-MS-MS Aglient 1200 Quartenany HPLC; Aglient 6410 MS-MS ES & APCI inlets Polar & non-volatile organics
HPLC-MS-MS Agilent 1200 Quartenary HPLC; Agilent 6460 MS-MS Jet Stream & ES inlets Polar & non-volatile organics
HPLC Agilent 1200 Binary PMP UV & FL detectors Polar & non-volatile organics
ICP-MS Aglient 7500 CE HPLC Agilent 1100, ASX-51O & SC-micro sample introduction Elemental analysis; metal speciation
Microbalance Mettler UMX-2 0.1 µg precision Gravimetry
Microwave Digestion Oven CEM MARS HTV & Xpress vessels Microwave-assisted digestion
Ion-chromatography Dionex GS-50 system AS-50 autosampler; UV/VIS & conductivity detectors; post-column derivatization CR(VI); ion chromatography
Ion-chromatography Dionex ICS-1000 conductivity detector; AS40 autosampler Ion chromatography
XRF Brucker S1 Turbo Elemental analysis


Other Equipment

Instrument Model Features Uses
Centrifugal Concentrator Savant   Solvent evaporation
Centrifuge Thermo CP8   Low G
Muffle furnace Thermoline 30400 Programmable Ashing
N-evap Organomation   Solvent evaporation
Turbovap Concentrators   200 & 50 ml tube sizes Solvent evaporation
Vacuum ovens   Up to 4.5 CF  


Abbreviations

 

AFS, Atomic Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
APCI, Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization
CI, Chemical Ionization
CF, Cubic Feet
COC, Cold-On-Column
ECD, Electron Capture Detector
EI, Electron Impact
ES, Electrospray
FID, Flame Ionization Detector
FL, Fluorescence
FTIR, Fourier-Transform Spectrophotometer
GC, Gas Chromatograph
HPLC, High-Pressure Liquid Chromatograph
ICP, Inductively Coupled Plasma
MS, Mass Spectrometer
UV, Ultra-violet
VIS, Visable

 

 

 

 

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