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Instruments and Equipment

Chemical Analysis

Equipment and Contacts
Instrument Name Description Contact Location
Coulometer
(Coulometrics Acidification Module CM5130)
Complete analytical system capable of measuring total carbon, total organic carbon and total inorganic carbon in solid... L. Stevens Micro-106A
Electrochemical Workstation
(620B Electrochemical Workstation)
Instrument is able to measure the electrochemical characteristics of compounds/chemicals using a fast digital function... Y. Shon MLSC-330
Elemental Combustion System System is designed as an advanced analytical platform for Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Sulfur and Oxygen (CHNSO)... V. Lorenzi Micro-106A
Gamma Counter
(1480 automatic Gamma Counter; Wizard 3 )
Instrument used to detect and measure gamma radiation emitted by a radioisotope (radioactive isotope), samples are... C. Frost MLSC-214
Gas Bench
(Gas Bench II)
System is used for high precision on-line isotope and molecular ratio determination of headspace samples, including... G. Holk Micro-106A
GC-MS
(Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry)
Samples are analyzed by having a soluble sample injected into the system and the GC portion separates molecules out... V. Lorenzi Micro-105A
GC/MS
(Varian Saturn 2100T GC/MS)
Samples are analyzed by having a soluble sample injected into the system and the GC portion separates molecules out... P. Buonora MLSC-313
HPIC
(High Pressure Ion Chromatography Dionex ICS-5000)
System is used to analyze cations and anions and allows customization of system to run two different analyses... L. Stevens HSCI-307
IRMS
(Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer)
Measures stable isotope values of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. G. Holk Micro-106A
Laser Ablation
(Laser Ablation UP-213)
The instrument removes materials from a solid surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. At lower laser flux, the... A. Long Micro-105E
Microwave Synthesizer Microwave system that helps to heat reactions thus accelerating the chemical transformation. P. Buonora MLSC-326
Nano LC
(Nano Liquid Chromatography)
Allows for the throughput identification of chemicals out of a complex chemical mixture, the system is highly sensitive... Y. Lee Micro-105A
NMR 300
(Fourier 300)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer uses the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei and determines the... M. Schramm MLSC-309
NMR 400
(Ascend 400)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer uses the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei and determines the... M. Schramm HSCI-006
Purifier System
(AKTA Purifier; box-900, pH/C-900, UV-900, P-900)
Fully automated liquid chromatography system designed for method development and research applications. J. Schwans MLSC-239
Rotovap A device used in the efficient and gentle removal of solvents from samples by evaporation. Traps are used to connect the... J. Schwans MLSC-242
Rotovap
(Rotovap Evaporator)
A device used in the efficient and gentle removal of solvents from samples by evaporation. Traps are used to connect... V. Lorenzi Micro-105A
Scintillation Counter
(LS-6500 Multipurpose Scintillation Counter)
The instrument is able to detect and measure ionizing radiation by the excitation effect of incident radiation on a... C. Frost MLSC-214
Solvent Purifiers
(Solvent Purification Systems)
System used to safely and quickly dry and dispense solvents. P. Buonora MLSC-309
Soxhlet
(Soxhlet Extractor)
Soxhlet extractors are used for the extraction of lipid and organic compounds from solid material. Many times a soxhlet... V. Lorenzi Micro-105B
Stopped Flow Spectrophotometer
(KinetAsyst System)
Small volumes of solutions are rapidly driven from syringes into a high efficiency mixer to initiate a fast reaction.... S. Mezyk HSCI-357
TC/EA
(Temperature Conversion Elemental Analyzer)
Achieve continuous-flow online analysis of oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios with the TC/EA high temperature conversion... G. Holk Micro-106A
X-ray diffractometer
(X-ray Diffractometer)
The system incorporates a high resolution ?/? closed loop goniometer drive system, cross beam optics (CBO), an in-plane... T. Gredig HSCI-276