Our state-of-the-art GCMS has almost completed modification to be able run several different analysis off of a single injection utilising the latest in column splitting technology. This will enable us to provide faster analysis for our clients who require urgent work and a higher quality of results.
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New GC-MS and GC-ECD
Our laboratory now boasts a new Gas Chromatograph – linked Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) and a new gas chromatograph with electron capture detector (GC-ECD)
These two new instruments both increase and update our laboratories capabilities.
The new GC-MS is more sensitive and is equipped with a splitter allowing one injected sample to be separated on the column and then analysed by mass spectrometry for polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as well as simultaneously being analysed for petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH, mineral oil).
The PAHs are tested either as total or speciated (EPA 16), similarly the hydrocarbons are tested as total or speciated or banded (CWG banding with aromatic / aliphatic split)
This new GC-MS / FID is therefore allows two analyses to be run at the same time on the same sample. Doubling our throughput, and reducing turnaround times for both soil and water extracts.
The new GC-MS also allows more rapid analysis of Coal Tar samples.
New method development is under way on the GC-ECD that will allow massively improved detection limits for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides in water.
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Envirochem has had two separate enquiries about testing the core material in aluminium composite panels. Two sheets of aluminium sandwich a non-metal core; these panels are often used for cladding on the outside of buildings. In order to determine whether the core was polyethylene or not, we ran a comparison scan with a known sample of polyethylene on our GC-MS (gas chromatography linked mass spectrometry). This allowed us to look for marker peaks like ethane, which is a good indicator for polyethylene.
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