The Interdepartmental Equipment Facility
Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography
Mass Spectrometers are used to identify the chemical nature of organic compounds, by determining the mass to charge ratio of the molecules and of their fragments. These instruments can also be used for quantitative determination of the analytes, providing that appropriate standards are available for calibration.
Complex mixtures of organic compounds extracted from samples, have to be separated by Gas-Chromatography or Liquid-Chromatography before they can be analyzed with a Mass Spectrometer. GC/MS and LC/MS are hybrid instruments that combine these two functions.
The MS Laboratory is located in the Volcani Building.
The following instruments are currently available for use in the Mass Spectrometry Lab:
| Instrument | Make & Model |
| Triple Quad LC/MS | Agilent 6410 TQ MS, with an Agilent 1200 HPLC |
| High Resolution LC/MS | Thermo Ltq-Orbitrap MS, with an Accela High Speed HPLC |
| Single Quad GC/MS | Agilent 5975C with a CTC AS and a Tekmar Stratum Purge & Trap |
| Ion Trap GC/MS | Thermo Polaris Q GC/MS with Trace GC and a Triplus Autosampler |
| HPLC | Agilent 1200 with Diode Array and Fluorescence Detectors |
| Gas Chromatograph | Agilent 7890A, with three detectors: FID, ECD and TCD |
| Ion Chromatograh | Dionex ICS 3000 with Coductivity and amperometric Detectors |
| Lab Manager: | Dr. Julius Ben-Ari. | tel: 08-9489352 email: masstocharge@gmail.com |
| Chemist: | Dr. Svetlana Kurasov | tel: 08-9489849 email: Svetlanak@savion.huji.ac.il |
| Technician: | Marina Cherniak | tel: 08-9489807 email: marinac@savion.huji.ac.il |