Available Instrumentation
Accelerated solvent extraction systems for extraction of pollutants from sediment and filter samples.
Soxhlet extractors for recovery of pollutants extracted from water onto columns.
Gas chromatography - Triple quad mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), currently used for accredited quantification of PAHs and PCB.
Automated extraction of pollutants from water samples (Foto: L. Vogel/IOW).
Intuvo GC-MS, currently used for PAH and PCB analysis and various tests.
Liquid chromatography - Triple mass spectrometer (LC-MSMS), currently used for quantification of pharmaceuticals, UV filters, and personal care products.
Total carbon and nitrogen analyzer Vario Microcube elemental analyzer for filter, sediment, and other solid samples.
Shimadzu TOC-L dissolved organic carbon and total nitrogen analyzer for water samples.
Spectrophotometer (Agilent Cary 60) and spectrofluorometer (JASCO FP8550) for optical analysis of dissolved organic matter composition.
GC-IRMS for compound-specific analysis of carbon and nitrogen isotopes, mainly from amino acids (Contact: N. Loick-Wilde).