Instrumentation
Instrumentation
All laboratory instrumentation is maintained under service contracts with the instrument purveyors and independent contractors. As prescribed by GLP and NELAC, instrumentation is inventoried yearly. As a policy, most instrumentation is updated every eight to ten years or as needed.
Listed below is the type of instrumentation routinely used by the laboratory:Inorganic Chemistry
- Alpkem RFA Flow Solution IV
- Skalar SANPlus Segmented Flow Analyzer
- Perkin Elmer 5100Z Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- Perkin Elmer Analyst 600 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- Dionex ICS-1100
- Dionex Peaknet 600 Ion Chromatograph
- Dohrmann TOC Phoenix 8000 Analyzer
- Leeman Hydra AA Mercury Analyzer
- Perkin Elmer Elan 6100 ICPMS
- Perkin Elmer Elan 6100 DRC ICPMS
- Perkin Elmer ICP 7300
- Perkin Elmer Lambda 25
- Skalar BOD Robotic Analyzer
- Thermo Orion AS3000 Titrator
Organic Chemistry - Agilent gas chromatographs with ECD, FID and MS detectors
- Agilent gas chromatographs with MS detectors
- Tekmar/Encon Concentrators
- EST/Encon Autosamplers
- Varian Saturn Ion-Trap detection system
- Waters Alliance HPLC with PDA detection
- Waters Carbamate HPLC system
- Waters Integrity LC/MSD
- Waters GPC Sample Cleanup system
- Autotrace SPE extraction systems
- Horizon Oil & Grease SPE extraction systems
- Bacteriology
- Nikon EPI - Flourescent Microscope w/DCI Attachment
Radiological - Packard Tri-carb 3100TR Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer
- Canberra - Tennelec Series5 - XLB Alpha/Beta Proportional Counter
- Canberra - Alpha Apex - 6 Chamber PIPS Alpha Spectrophotometer
- Canberra - Ultra-low Background Gamma Spectrometer System