Chemical Analysis at NINT

Chemical Analysis Laboratory

1. Agilent 1100 HPLC
   • Diode array detector (DAD) and Sedex model 75 evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD)
   • Separation, quantification of non-volatile organic compounds
2. Agilent 6890N GC
   • Flame ionization detector (FID)
   • Quantification of volatile organic compounds
     
3. Agilent 6890N GC/5973 MSD
   • Single quadrupole mass analyzer
   • Electron impact (EI) and chemical ionization (CI) sources
   • Mass range (m/z) up to 800
   • Molecular weight determination
   • Identification and quantification of volatile organics
     
4. Agilent 1100 LC/MS (SL)
   • Single quadrupole mass analyzer
   • API-ESI and APCI ionization sources
   • Mass range (m/z) up to 3000
   • Non-volatile organics, peptide, protein analysis
   • Deconvolution software
     
5. Beckman Du-7500 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
   • Temperature controller (0-110° Celsius)
   • Wavelength range of 190 to 800nm
   • Kinetics studies
     
6. Agilent 8453 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
   • UV-vis spectra of 190-1100 nm
   • Temperature range (10-110° C)
   • Quantitative analysis for UV-Vis absorbing materials
     
7. Waters PrepLC 4000 system with tunable absorbance detector
   • Purification of organic compounds from few hundreds of milligrams to few grams
   • Up to four solvents
   • Flow range programmable from 0.5 to 150 ml/min
   • Millennium 32 software
     
8. Waters 600E LC with PAD detector
   • Up to four solvents
   • Flow programmable, isocratic or gradient
   • Flow rate range 0.00 to 20.00 ml/min
   • Wavelength range 190 to 800 nm
   • Millennium 32 software
   • Separation and quantification of non-volatile organic compounds
9. Malvern Zetasizer Nano-S
   • Particle size distribution measurement (0.6 nm to 6 micron)
   • Molecular weight measurement (1x10ˆ3 to 2x10ˆ7 Da)
   • Temperature range of 2 to 90° Celsius
     
10. Brookhaven BI-200SM Multi-angle Light Scattering System
    • Both dynamic light scattering (DLS) and static light scattering (SLS)
    • Angular range: 8-155 º
    • He/Ne laser (632.8 nm)
    • Highly efficient BI9000 AT autocorrelator containing 522 selectable channels
    • Measurements of particle size and size distribution
    • Mw, Rg, A2 for dilute polymer solutions
    • CONTIN, Zimm, Guinier and Fractal analysis
      
11. Jasco J-810 Circular Dichroism Chiroptical Spectrometer
    • CD/ORD spectra for optically-active compounds
    • Temperature range: -4 to 110 °C
    • Protein folding studies
    • Protein conformational studies
    • Organic stereochemistry studies
    • Purity testing of optically active substances
    • Wavelength range 163 nm to 1100 nm
    • SFM-20 Jasco/Bio-logic 2-syringe stopped-flow system
      
12. Thermo Nicolet Almega XR Raman Microscope
    • A confocal Raman microscope
    • 10x, 20x, 50x and 100x objectives
    • 532 nm and 785 nm lasers with CCD detector
    • Microscope stage resolution of 0.1 micron
      
13. Varian FTS 7000 FT-IR Imaging System
    • DTGS detector for bulk sample measurement
    • Single element MCT and FPA MCT detectors (Focal Plane Array) (64x64, takes 4096 spectra at the same time over 350x350 micron area)
    • Covers 5000 cm^-1 to 950 cm^-1 for MCT detectors
    • Grazing angle objective and 36x Cassegrain objective
      

To obtain more information or to submit a facility access request, please e-mail it to: NINT_request@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.

Related Information

Institutes:

• National Institute for Nanotechnology