Provides direct determination of total mercury in solids, liquids, and gas without the need for pretreatment of the sample

Combines techniques of decomposition, catalytic conversion, amalgamation, and atomic absorption spectrophotometry to provide fast and accurate analysis

Working Ranges:

Low Range: 0.003 ng - 20ng

High Range: 20 ng - 1500 ng

Sample Processing Time:

5-8 Minutes

Precision:

<1.5%

Applications

Environmental-determination of mercury in soils, sediments, and waste water

Biomonitoring -determination of mercury in seafood and other potential sources

Energy / Industrial Sector-tracking mercury in combustion byproducts and petrochemical waste streams

Measures total carbon and nitrogen from solid materials such as sediment, plant and animal materials, and GF/F filters

Two furnaces; a combustion furnace up to 1100°C and a reduction furnace at 650°C

Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD) with chromatographic separation of combustion gases

Sample Processing time:

5 minutes/sample

Sample capacity per quartz insert:
~30 for filter samples

~50 for sediment/biological sample

 Agilent 7700 LA-ICP-Mass Spectrometer

Provides precise, elemental analysis of solid and liquid samples at trace and ultra-trace concentrations

Couples laser ablation with high-sensitivity ICP-MS detection to provide quantitative elemental data on metal ion abundance and speciation in biological samples without extensive preparation

Detection Range:
Parts per trillion (ppt) to parts per million (ppm)

Sample Processing Time:
Seconds to approximately 5 minutes, dependent on method used

Precision:
Accepted: 20% RSD

Average: <2% RSD

Applications

Environmental- elemental mapping of sediments, soils, and minerals in environmental studies

Biological/ Toxicological- quantifying trace metals in tissues and other biological materials

Materials science- surface composition profiling and contamination analysis

High-resolution, accurate-mass (HRAM) mass spectrometer used for discovery and quantification of compounds in complex mixtures.

Combines a quadrupole mass filter with Orbitrap detection allowing for targeted and untargeted analysis of samples with high mass accuracy and resolution across a wide dynamic range

Mass Range:
40 to 6000 m/z

Max Resolution:
Up to 240,000 (at m/z 200)

Mass Accuracy:
<1 ppm (with internal calibration)

Scan Speed:
Up to 22 Hz

 

Applications:

Proteomics/ Metabolomics - comprehensive profiling of proteins (tryptic digests), peptides, and metabolites

Environmental/ Toxicological Research- detecting trace organic pollutants and emerging contaminants

Pharmaceutical / Biochemical Research - compound identification.

Accurate mass determination for structural confirmation and characterization; 

Other compound discovery e.g., glycomics, lipidomics 

Shimadzu QP2010 Gas Chromatography- Tandem Mass Spectrometer

 

High‐performance gas chromatography–mass spectrometer for both qualitative and quantitative analysis of complex mixtures

Integrates a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer with a versatile gas‑chromatograph front end, enabling stable, high-quality mass spectra

Mass Range:
1.5 to 1000 m/z  

Scan Speed:
10,000 u/sec

 

Applications:

Environmental / Toxicological - comprehensive profiling of compounds in complex mixtures (e.g., air, soil, water, biological material)

• Dibenzofurans,
• dioxins,
• herbicides,
• sulfur,
• pesticides,
• phenols, and
• PCBs

Manufacturing - qualitative / quantitative analysis of compounds in food, fragrance, and plastics

Chemical / Pharmaceutical / Materials - compound discovery and quantification

Performs direct measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), dissolved organic carbon (NPOC), total carbon (TC), and total nitrogen (TN) with minimal pretreatment

Working Ranges:
TC: 0 to 30,000_mg/L

DIC: 0 to 3,000_mg/L

TN: 0 to 10,000_mg/L

Sample Processing Time:
~3 minutes per sample

Precision:
Coefficient of variation (CV) ≤ 1.5%

 

Applications

Environmental monitoring - organic carbon in surface water, wastewater, and effluent streams

Water‑system cleaning validation and pharmaceutical manufacturing

Provides automated determination of multiple analytes in liquids including nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate, and silica without the need for pretreatment

Combines segmented flow analysis and colorimetric detection to provide fast and precise analysis

Working Ranges

Ammonia:

• Ranges: 0.07-35.7 µM N
• Minimum Detection Limit (MDL): 0.009 µM N
• RSD (%): 0.43%

Nitrate + Nitrite

• Ranges: 0.07-71.4 µM N 
• Minimum Detection Limit (MDL):0.005 µM N
• RSD (%): 0.35%

Nitrite

• Ranges: 0.07-71.4 µM N 
• Minimum Detection Limit (MDL):0.005 µM N
• RSD (%): 0.38%

Phosphate

• Ranges: 0.03-32.3 µM P
• Minimum Detection Limit (MDL): 0.003 µM P
• RSD (%): 0.35%

Sample Processing Time:
5-10 minutes

Applications:

Environmental - nutrients in water and wastewater systems

Industrial process monitoring - effluents and production streams

Precise optical filtering with stable LED excitation provides accurate, reproducible results

Measure raw fluorescence as well as direct concentrations

Measurement Time: <10 seconds

Applications

Fluorescence, absorbance, and turbidity measurements across a wide range of applications

Snap-in optical cartridges, allowing users to easily switch between different modules such as chlorophyll, cyanobacteria, etc.

High‐performance UV-Visible spectrophotometer used for quantitative and qualitative analysis of liquid samples

Dual-beam optical system and high-stability detector provide accurate absorbance measurements across the UV-Visible spectrum

Wavelength Range:
190 to 1100 nm

Spectral Bandwidth:
1.0 nm

Wavelength Accuracy: ±0.5 nm

 

Applications:

Wide ranging research applications absorbance, transmittance, and concentration measurements

Molecular research - quantitative analysis of nucleic acids, proteins, and other biomolecules

Environmental / Chemical analyses - colorimetric assays

Specifications:

Temperature settings

110-121 °C / 230-250 °F

Settings:

Fast (Instruments) or

Slow (Liquids)

Automatic timer up to 60 minutes.

84 Liters volume

Capacity 3 cu. ft.

Applications:

Sterilizing equipment, tools, glassware, and media for contaminant-sensitive experiments.

Performs microweighing with a readability of 0.1 µg (0.0001 mg) and a maximum capacity of 2.1 g.

Delivers ultrapure water directly from a DI tap feed, providing resistivity up to 18.2 MΩ·cm and low total organic carbon (TOC)

Conduct rapid extraction of solid and semi-solid samples using automated solvent delivery, heating, and pressurization to reduce solvent consumption and extraction time

Extraction Cell Sizes:
1 to 100g

Operating Conditions:
Temperature up to 200 °C
Pressure up to 1500 psi

 

Applications:

Extraction of hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs, PAHs, and other organic contaminants from soil, sediment, plant tissue, fish tissue, and other complex matrices

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Thermo Lindberg/Blue M Muffle Furnace

Provides precise, high-temperature heating for ashing and heat treatment

Temperature ranges up to 1200 °C with excellent temperature uniformity and digital PID control for reliable performance

Clean work only*

Allows reliable, uniform heating for drying, curing, and sample preparation with temperature control up to 250 °C

Clean work only*