WSL Facilities and Equipment
Specialized Equipment
Facilities and Other Equipment
The 6,000 square-foot facility consists of six laboratories, several offices, a conference room, and computer and graduate student areas. In addition to the specialized environmental and stable isotope mass spectrometers, standard analytical and sample preparation equipment includes:
- OI Model 1010 organic carbon analyzer
- Dionex DX-100 ion chromatograph
- Spectronic Genesys spectrophotometer
- Hewlett Packard 5890 gas chromatograph (FID and ECD)
- Trace Analytical RGA reduced gas analyzer
- Gow Mac gas chromatograph (TCD)
- Waters 600 liquid chromatograph (UV)
- Solid phase extraction manifolds
- Suprex SFE50 supercritical fluid extractor
- RapidVap N2 sample concentrator
- Ultrasonic probe
- Thomas Wiley Mill
- Burrell wrist action shaker
- Labconco Kjeldahl manifold
- Steam distillation unit
- Rotary evaporators
The Water Sciences Laboratory also has a modified Agilent 6890 gas chromatograph (uECD and TCD) with vacuum extraction system dedicated to CFC analysis used in ground water age-dating. See the Lab's brochure for more information regarding this method and other services offered. Contact Dan Snow (402-472-7539) for information on sample requirements and methods not listed.
