Analytical Chemistry Core Lab

The Analytical Chemistry Core Lab has facilities for spectroscopy, chromatography and mass spectrometry, trace metals analysis, wet chemistry, and surface analysis. The state-of-the-art instrumentation and operations are controlled by a Labware LIMS system.

The Lab can provide analytical services for environmental science (air, water, marine organisms, sea water, nutrients, pollutants, etc), pesticide residue analysis, industrial hygiene (IH tubes, filters, and impingers), geochemical analysis, and for bio/pharmaceutical, health and safety, polymer and catalysis research. Specific instrumental capabilities include :

Trace Metals

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer	Perkin Elmer	Elan DRC-II
(ICP/MS) Quadrupole Perkin Elmer Elan DRC-II	Varian	720-ES
Atomic Absorption (AA)	Varian	280FS
Mercury Analyser	Teledyne-Leeman Labs	Hydra AF Gold Plus

Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry

Gas Chromatograph (GC)	Agilent	7890A GC (with various detectors)
Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Agilent	1290 Infinity Ultra High Pressure LC system
Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Agilent	1200 series purification system
Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)	Agilent	1200 series
GPC w/ light scattering detector	Wyatt Technology	GPC with Heleos, OptiLab, Viscostar
SFC, Super Critical Fluid Chromatography	Thar	Thar Assurance
Ion Chromatography (IC)	Dionex	ICS-3000 RFIC-EC
GC/MS	Bruker	MicrOTOF II & GC
GC/MS	Thermo	TSQ GC-MS
LC/MS	Thermo	LTQ Orbitrap Velos
UPLC/MS	Thermo	TSQ Vantage Quantum Ultra, with FAIMS and UPLC

Spectroscopy

Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) Spectroscope	Thermo	Nicolet 6700 FT-IR System with Continuum IR Microscope
FTIR	Thermo	Nicolet iS10
UV / VIS Spectrometers	Varian	Cary 5000, and Varian 100
Raman Spectrometer	Thermo	DXR Smart Raman Spectrometer
DXR Smart Raman Spectrometer	Varian	Eclipse
XRF, X –Ray Fluorescence	Horiba	Jobin Yvon, XGT-7000 with microscope

Wet Chemistry

Total Organic Carbon TOC / TN analyzer	Teledyne tekmar	Apollo 9000
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzer	Teledyne tekmar	Fusion
Kjeldahl Nitrogen Determination	Buchi	Digest Automat K432/K370
Karl Fisher	Mettler	C30X
CHNS/O Elemental Analyzer	Thermo	Flash 2000
Autoanalyzer	Thermo	Aquakem 250
Thermo Gravimetric Analyser (TGA)	Netzsch	TG 209 F1 with ASC
Voltmetric Workstation	Gamry	3000
Autotitration system	Mettler	T 70

Surface Analysis

Size and zeta potential measurements	Malvern	NanoZS/DelsaNanoZeta
Surface area and porosimetry system	Micromeritics	ASAP 2420
Xtended pressure sorption analyzer	Micromeritics	ASAP 2050
Chem. Sorption	Micromeritics	AutoChem II 2950
Water Sorption	Hilden	IGAsorp HT system
Mercury Porisimeter	Micromeritics	AutoPore IV 9510
Tensiometer, multi-mode	Kruss	K100MK2
Tensiometer spinning drop	Kruss	SITE 100
Contact angle measuring system	Kruss	Easy Drop Standard
Analytical Ultracentrifuge	Beckman Coulter	XLA