Organic Analysis and Nutrient Laboratory (OANL)

Since 1997, the Organic Analytical section has been accredited for Organochlorine Pesticides and PCB congeners from the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA). We have conducted analytical tests for governmental agencies and educational institutions within North America and throughout the world. We perform a wide range of analyses for organic pollutants such as Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) including planar & non-coplanar, OC Pesticides, PAHs, PBDEs, Dioxins/Furans and volatile Organic Halogens from environmental samples.

Equipment

Agilent 7890B GC System with 5977B MSD
Inert Plus MSD Turbo EI/CI includes Extractor EI Source; PCI & NCI acquisition modes; Mass range 1.6–1,050 amu; GC-MS acquisition and data analysis software Agilent MassHunter

Agilent 7890A GC System with FID & Micro ECD detectors
Capillary columns; Windows based data system operating software Agilent CHEMSTATION

Agilent 6890 GC System with FID & Micro ECD detectors
Capillary columns; Windows based data system operating software Agilent CHEMSTATION

Agilent 6890 GC System with HP 5973 MSD
HP Capillary GC-MSD 6890/5973 equipped with 7673 auto sampler, Electron Ionization (EI) full-scan mode and selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode with quadrupole analyzer; mass range 1.6 - 800 amu; operates Windows based data system (HP CHEMSTATION software)

Our Nutrient Analysis section is a multi-user, Central Laboratory located in GLIER. Water samples collected from aquatic bodies, including, lakes, rivers, natural ponds, and stormwater ponds, can be analyzed for the following parameters & tests: Soluble Reactive Phosphate as Phosphorus, Total Dissolved Phosphate as Phosphorus, Total Phosphate as Phosphorus, Nitrate-Nitrite as Nitrogen, Nitrite as Nitrogen, Ammonia Nitrogen, Chloride, Sulfate, Silica, TKN (HACH method), Fluoride (HACH method), Total Carbon, Total Organic Carbon, Inorganic Carbon, Non-Purgeable Organic Carbon, Total Nitrogen, Total Suspended Solid (TSS), Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), Alkalinity, pH, oil & grease, Chlorophyll a, Organic matter.

The Horiba AquaLog with a UV-Vis spectrophotometer is capable of generating a matrix file of excitation wavelength, emission wavelength and fluorescence intensity providing a unique fingerprint characteristic of the chemical components in the sample. Excitation Emission Matrices (EEMs) are typically generated on a filtered water sample within the same day of collection. Using multivariate statistical approaches, the EEMs can be used in environmental applications related to tracking dissolved organic carbon species present in tributaries, water mixing zones, wetlands and other source signature profiles.

Equipment

Westco SMARTCHEM 170 Discrete Analyzer (2)
An automated wet chemistry analyzer, equipped with a Nitrate module, fully automated and controlled by SMARTSTART software.

Shimadzu TOC-L with TNM-L and SSM-5000A modules
With ASI-L autosampler; automated catalytic oxidative combustion with NDIR detection, total Nitrogen module uses 720 ºC catalytic thermal decomposition/chemiluminescence methods; Solid Sample module allow TOC measurements in solid samples.

AquaLog from Horiba Scientific Fully automated Spectrofluorometer
It combines both fluorescence and absorbance measurements simultaneously with matching optical bandpass resolution. Horiba AquaLog is capable of generating a matrix file of excitation wavelength, emission wavelength and fluorescence intensity providing a unique fingerprint characteristic of the chemical components in a sample.

User fees are charged to generate funds to maintain the equipment. 

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