List of Equipment


The Mass Spectrometry lab

The instruments offered for use in the Interdepartmental Equipment Facility are listed below under five categories:





1. Equipment for Chemical Analysis


Instrument
 Make and Model
ICP/AES - axial Spectro ARCOS End-On-Plama
ICP/AES - radial Spectro ARCOS Side-On-Plama
Ion Chromatograph Dionex ICS-3000
Triple Quad LC/MS Agilent 6410 Triple-Quad, with Agilent 1200 HPLC
High Resolution LC/MS Thermo Ltq-Orbitrap, with Accela HPLC .
Single-Quad GC/MS Agilent 5975C MSD/DS with a CTC autosampler
and a Tekmar Stratum Purge and Trap Concentrator
Ion-Trap GC/MS Thermo Polaris Q Ion Trap, with a Triplus Autosampler
Gas Chromatograph Agilent 7890A GC, with FID, ECD and TCD detectors
HPLC Agilent 1200 with Diode-Array and Fluorescence Detectors
Elemental Analyzer Thermo Flash EA 1112 with CHNS and O reactors
Total Organic Carbon Analyzer Shimadzu TOC-VCPH with Total-Nitrogen Analyzer
and Solid Sample Combustion unit.



2. Spectroscopy and Imaging


Instrument
 Make and Model
FTIR Nicolet - 6700 with ATR and DRIFT
UV-VIS SpectrophotometerThermo - Evolution 300
Fluorometer Varian - Cary Eclipse with Polarized Light
Multi-function Plate Reader Biotek Synergy-2 with two injectors
Turbidometer Hach 2100N
Particle Size analyzerMalvern Zetasizer
Gel Imaging System Fuji FLA-5000 with three Lasers
Real-Time PCR Applied Biosystems - 7300
X-ray Film Processor Agfa Curix 60
Gel Documentation systemDNR MiniBis Pro
Luminescence Imaging SystemDNR CL-Bis



3. Microscopy


Instrument
 Make and Model
Scanning Electron MicroscopeJeol JSM 5410 LV - A Low Vacuum SEM
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer Oxford Link Isis Elemental Analyzer (EDS)
Confocal Microscope Zeiss LSM-510, with Argon-Ion and 2 He-Ne Lasers
Gold Sputter Coater Polaron SEM Coating Unit
CPD BAL-TEC CPD-030
Cryostat Reichert-Jung 2800 Frigocut



4. Equipment for Sample Preparation


Instrument
 Make and Model
Ultracentrifuge Sorvall WX 90 ultracentrifuge with 5 different rotors
Table-Top Centrifuge Eppendorf 5804 with fixed-angle and Swing-Bucket rotors
Microwave Digestion System Mileston Ethos-1, with high- and low-pressure rotors
Drying Oven Binder WTC FD-53, temp: 30 to 300oC, Vol: 53 L
Radioactive-Sample Oxidizer Packard A-307 Oxidizer for samples tagged with C-14 and H-3
Probe Sonicator Sonics Vibra-Cell VCX-750
Bath Sonicator Elma Elmasonic Cleaner
MicrobalanceSartorius CP2P
Analytical BalanceSartorius CP224S
Semi-analytical BalancesSartorius ED 4202S
Hydraulic Press Specac - Manual, Hydraulic, 15 ton press
"Speed-Vac" Labconco CentriVac
Vacuum pumps Several: e.g. KNF Labport N840FT.18
pH meter Mettler Toledo S20K
Coductivity meter Mettler Toledo S30K
Dry Ice Maker Frigimat
Ice-Flake machine Aishwarya - Migel 165-KF
Liquid Nitrogen Center Four XL-160L dewars
Water Distilling Unit A glass water distiller, preceded by a "Zelion" de-ionizer
Water Purifiers Millipore - MilliQ, and Barnstead - Nanopure Diamond UV.



5. Equipment for Radioisotope Studies


Instrument Make and Model
Beta-Counter Packard 1900 TR Scintillation Counter
Gamma-Counter Packard Cobra-II Auto gamma counter
Gel Imager Fuji FLA-5000 for fluorescence and radioisotope imaging
X-ray Film Processor Agfa Curix 60
Sample Oxidizer Packard 307 sample Oxidizer



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