Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography

ICP allows for elemental analysis to ppb concentration, single particle analysis for nanoparticles in the range of particle number count of 1e5 and size >20nm. It enables researchers to accurately build up a picture of elements in and from their samples.

The main technologies offered include

1. Perkin Elmer Nexion 350D ICP-MS

1. Perkin Elmer Nexion 350X ICP-MS

1. Perkin Elmer Optima 8000 ICPOES

GC-MS allows for a wide range of organic contaminants to be analysed and they are fitted with various capillary columns to allow separation of complex mixtures.

Our Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry is a comprehensive gas chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-ToF-MS) technique has a huge power for separating complex mixtures, by employing two GC separating columns (usually non-polar and polar) connected in series through a modulator.

The main technologies offered include

1. Agilent 8890 GCMS system & 5977C GC/MSD with pyrolyzer

1. Agilent 6890N Gas Chromatogram with 5793N Mass Selective Detector

1. Perkin Elmer GC-MS hyphenated with TGA 800 and FTIR

1. Thermo ISQ 1310 GCMS system

1. Two Dimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GCxGC-ToF-MS)

LC-MS/MS, or liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, is a highly sensitive and specific analytical technique that combines the separating power of liquid chromatography (LC) with the detection capabilities of a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS/MS). It's widely used for quantitative and qualitative analysis of complex mixtures

The main technologies offered include

1. Sciex API 2000 LC/MS/MS mass spectrometer

1. Sciex TripleTOF 5600 System

Stable isotope analysis enables the understanding of the micro- and macro-cycling mechanisms of organic elements in environment around us.

The main technologies offered include

• Elementar Isoprime PrecisION with IsoFLOW

Alongside the staple isotope mass spectrometer, the laboratory can also offer elemental analysis to determine the concentration of nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen in samples.

The main technologies offered include

• EuroEA Elemental Analyzer
• Elementar Vario EL Cube

Our on-line atmospheric mass spectrometers are capable of measuring ppt concentrations of gases in the air at 1 Hz time resolution. This enables us to measure a wide range of species ranging from volatile organic compounds like isoprene all the way to strong acids and bases like sulfuric acid and dimethylamine. The instruments available are

• Ionicon proton transfer reaction time of flight mass spectrometry
• Aerodyne chemical ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry

Ion Chromatography performs ion analyses using suppressed or non-suppressed conductivity detection. Before running a sample, the ion chromatography system is calibrated using a standard solution. By comparing the data obtained from a sample to that obtained from the known standard, sample ions can be identified and quantitated.

The main technologies offered include

1. Dionex ICS-2100 anion chromatogram with autosampler
2. Dionex Integrion HPIC cation chromatogram with autosampler