Analytical and Instrumentation Laboratory

The Analytical and Instrumentation Laboratory is a service laboratory of the Department of Chemistry located in E5-43 of the Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre.

The laboratory provides analytical support to the department faculty and their researchers. The laboratory also provides support to other University of Alberta departments and to various organizations outside of the university.

• Analytical
  • C,H,N,S (minimum 5mg required per sample)
  • Oxygen (minimum 5mg required per sample)
  • Weighing (0.1 microgram readability)
  • Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) (Ambient to 950 C)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) (-170 to 500 C)
  • Water Determination using Coulometric or Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration
  • Refractive Index
• Chromatographic
  • Gas Chromatography (detectors include MS, FID, TCD)
  • Gas Chromatography Headspace Autosampler
  • HPLC Analytical and Semi-Preparative Purification
• Spectroscopic
  • FTIR Main Bench (50-7000 cm-1) - techniques include Far, Mid, and Near-IR, ATR (liquid, solid, paste)
  • FTIR Microscope (650-7000 cm-1) - techniques include Mid and Near-IR, ATR, Reflection/Absorption
  • UV-Vis (175 - 3300 nm)
  • Fluorescence (185 - 900 nm)
  • Polarimetry
  • Circular Dichroism (185 - 700 nm)

• • Agilent 1260 Infinity II HPLC (DAD and Single Quadrupole MS Detectors with ESI interface and semi-preparative fraction collector)
  • Bausch and Lomb Refractometer
  • Thermo Flash 2000 Elemental Analyzer for CHNS and Oxygen
  • Agilent Cary 5000 UV-Vis-NIR
  • Hewlett Packard 8453 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
  • Agilent GC-6890 with MS 5973
  • Agilent GC-6890 with FID/TCD
  • Mettler AB265 Balance
  • Mettler XP2U Ultra-Micro Balance
  • Metrohm 795 KFT Titrino - Karl Fischer Volumetric Titrator
  • Mitsubishi CA-02 Coulometric Karl Fischer Titrator
  • Thermo Nicolet 8700 FTIR Spectrometer and Continuum FTIR Microscope
  • Olis DSM 17 Circular Dichroism
  • Perkin Elmer 241 Polarimeter
  • Mettler Toledo Polymer DSC
  • Mettler Toledo TGA/DSC 1
  • TA Discovery TGA
  • Horiba-PTI QM-8075-11 Fluorescence SystemInstrumentation

• Analytical

  Analyses

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  Analytical
  Elemental Analysis by Combustion (C,H,N,S, and O). Note - $200 instrument setup fee is charged for Oxygen analysis	$80/sample/ technique	$65/sample/ technique
  Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  Water Determination (KF Coulometric or Volumetric)	$80/sample	$65/sample
  Weighing (0.1 microgram sensitivity)	$15/sample	$10/sample

• Chromatographic

  Analyses

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  Chromatographic
  GC (MS, FID, TCD)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  GC-MS Spectral Search	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  Analytical HPLC (MS, UV-Vis)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  Preparative HPLC	Contact Manager for Quote	Contact Manager for Quote

• Other Analyses

  Analyses

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  Other Analyses
  Refractive Index	$55/sample	$40/sample

• Spectroscopic

  Analyses

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  Spectroscopic
  FTIR (see FTIR Instrumentation page for techniques available)	$80/sample2	$65/sample2
  Polarimetry	$55	$40
  UV/Vis/NIR (190-3300 nm)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  Circular Dichroism (UV/Vis, 185 - 700 nm)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3
  Fluorescence (185 - 950 nm)	$200/hr3	$130/hr3