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Major Analytical
Instrumentation
Technique |
Instrument |
Some Analytical Uses |
Spectroscopy |
Perkin Elmer 3030A Graphite Furnace Atomic
Absorption (GF-AA) |
Quantification of inorganic elements such as
metals in water. |
Spectroscopy |
Perkin Elmer 1600 Fourier Transform Infrared
(FTIR) |
Organic identification such as identifiction
of organic reactions and composition of plastics. |
Spectroscopy |
Varian Cary 1E Ultraviolet/Visible Spectrometer
(UV-Vis) |
Acquiring the UV/Vis absorbance spectra of
solutions. Quantification of organic compounds such as
level of benzoic acid in soft drinks. |
Spectroscopy |
Perkin-Elmer LS5 Flourescence Spectrometer
(FL) |
Acquiring the fluorescence spectra of solutions.
Quantification of organic compounds such as amount of riboflavin
in multivitamins. |
Chromatography |
Agilent (Hewlett-Packard) 5971 Gas Chromatograph
Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) |
Identification and and quantification of volatile
organic compounds such as detection of pesticides in water. |
Chromatography |
Varian ProStar Liquid Chromatograph (LC) |
Quantification of organic compounds such as
level of caffeine in drinks. |
Chromatography |
SRI 8310C Gas Chromatograph (GC) |
Quantification of organic compounds such as
the level of volatile organic compounds in water. |
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