Organic Chemistry's GC/MS Laboratory

The Organic Chemistry Department was moved to a new location, a fully functional GC/MS laboratory in the April 2006.
The laboratory is equipped with a HSG analysis system consisting of a 6890/5973N Agilent GC/MS with a loop injection system and three Entech 7032 Autosamplers installed in series were purchased from Entech Instruments, Inc. Also included was an Entech 3100A oven-based canister cleaning system, an Entech 4600 Dynamic Diluter for automatic preparation of VOCs calibration standards, and fifty 400 mL Silonite-coated mini-canisters with Nupro valves and attached pressure gauges.

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An Entech 7016 canister autosampler allows for up to sixteen samples to be run in sequence with minimal operator supervision.It is equipped with a backup Agilent 6890/5973 GC/MS system used in headspace gas analysis (HSG). A backup autosampler for HSG analysis is also available along with a new Agilent 6890/5975 GC/MS used as a backup analysis system for the Confirmatory VOCs Monitoring.