Analytical instruments:
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Thermo Fisher iCAP Qc ICP-MS with autosampler
Agilent 1100 HPLC with quaternary pump, diode array detector, autosampler and column
thermostat
Hewlett Packard 5890 Series II GC with 7673 MS detector and autosampler
Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph
Varian Cary100Bio UV/Vis spectrophotometer (200-900 nm wavelength range, 4 AU
vertical range)
Hach DR2800 Vis spectrophotometer (340-900 nm range) compatible with Hach
TNTplus vials, portable
Fisher Scientific AR 50 and Accumet XL15 pH meters (4)
Hach ISFET multiparameter benchtop unit for pH (0.00-14.00), conductivity (0-200 mS),
TDS (0-200 ppt), temperature (0-100 °C), dissolved oxygen (0-19.99 ppm)
Fisher Scientific AP125 Accumet portable multiparameter probe for pH (-2.00 to 20.00),
oxidation-reduction potential (-2000.0 to +2000.0 mV), temperature (-5 to 100 °C) and
ion concentration with preprogrammed calibration points
Chemtrac Electrokinetic charge analyzer titrator ECAT 2100 (titrates coagulant addition
to neutral charge point or another endpoint; data is downloadable)
Hach AL-DT digital alkalinity titrator (10-4000 mg/L CaCO3)
Malvern Instruments multipurpose titrator MPT-2 (2)
Malvern Instruments Zetasizer Nano-ZS with MPT-2 titrator (colloid dispersion or
flocculation as a function of pH, conductivity or liquid additive volume; molecular size
and molecular weight; 3.8-100 microns zeta potential range with 10 mg/mL sensitivity;
0.3 nm-10.0 micron particle/molecular size range with 0.1 mg/mL sensitivity; 980 Da-20
MDa molecular weight measuring range)
Malvern Instruments Zetasizer 4 particle analyzer with Series 7032 Multi-8 correlator
Malvern Instruments Zetasizer 3000 HS particle analyzer (particle size distribution and
zeta potential in 2 nm – 3 mm range)
Brinkmann 2010 particle size analyzer (particle size distribution)
Coulter Counter ZM (particle or microbial cell counting and size distribution)
Coulter Multisizer (particle size, volume, count and surface area; range 0.4-1200 micron)
Met One laser particle counter (flow rate 100 mL/min; particle sizes 2, 3, 5, 8, 12 and 15
micron)
LiQuilaz laser particle counter with LS 200 liquid sampler (measures
concentrations/counts of particles down to 0.2 micron)
MGN International, Inc. RION laser liquid particle counter
Brookhaven Instruments Corporation BI-DCP particle sizer (range 0.01-30 micron)
Brookhaven Instruments Corporation ZetaPALS zeta potential analyzer with computer
(zeta potential of low dielectric, high viscosity, high salinity and near the IEP solutions;
zeta potential range 1 nm-100 micron; particle size range <0.3 nm - >3 micron; molecular
weight range 1 kDa – 25 MDa)
Pen-Kem, Inc. Lazer Zee Meter Model 102 (electrophoretic mobility of colloids)
Rank Brothers, Ltd. Micro-electrophoresis apparatus with a microscope (electrophoretic
mobility of suspended particles; from > 20 micron to < 0.2 micron depending on
refracting index compared to that of the medium and on particle density)
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Zeta-Meter 3.0 connected to a microscope
Fisher surface tensiomat Model 21 (surface tension of liquids)
Hach 2100 AN turbidimeter (2) (up to 10,000 NTU; compliant with reporting
requirements for EPA Method 180.1)
Sievers 800 portable total organic carbon analyzer (range 0.05-50,000 ppb) (2)
Lachat IL 500 total organic carbon analyzer (uses UV-persulfate method; 0.002-10000
mg/L range)
PerkinElmer LS-5 fluorescence spectrophotometer (measures fluorescence,
phosphorescence and luminescence)
Turner Designs TD-360 mini-fluorometer (light source range 360-400 nm with peak at
365 nm; detector range 300-1100 nm)
Rank Bros. Photometric Dispersion Analyzer PDA-2000 with flow-through cell
(dispersant and flocculant performance testing)
Analytical instruments in affiliated labs:
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Dionex ICS-3000 ion chromatography system with autosampler (housed in the
CEE/IDEAS laboratories in Cameron Building)
Thermo Fisher Accela/Velos HPLC-MS ion trap with diode array detector and
autosampler (housed in RACheL in Burson Building)
Water Treatment:
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Phipps and Bird 6 unit mixer with 2L B-Ker jars with sample collection taps (2)
Low pressure mercury vapor UV collimated beam (max irradiance approximately 0.1
mW/cm2)
Xylem flow through UV reactor with a low pressure mercury vapor lamp and digital
sensors
Del Ozone LG-7 ozone generator (7 g/h of ozone at > 4 L/min flow)
Microbiology and Molecular Biology:
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Jouan C412 centrifuge with analog controls (RPM and 30 min timer) and digital RPM
display
IEC MicroMax centrifuge (1000-15000 RPM range, digital controls and 99 min timer,
two acceleration and deceleration modes)
Shelton Scientific VSB-14 Micro Centrifuge with analog controls (up to 13000 RPM and
30 min)
Thermo Electron Corporation Centra CL3R centrifuge with digital RPM (up to 8500
RPM, depends on the rotor), timer (up to 99 min) and temperature control (-9 to 40 °C)
and two acceleration and deceleration modes
A spare centrifuge with a missing label
Scienceware Lightbox Petit (for viewing slides, plates, petri dishes, etc.)
Turner TD-20e Luminometer
Roche LightCycler for real-time PCR
Perkin Elmer DNA Thermal Cycler 480 PCR DNA amplifier
Thermodyne TempTronic PCR DNA amplifier
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Bio-Tek Instruments microQuant microplate reader with computer (reads 6-, 12-, 24-, 48, 96-, and 384-well microplates; 200-999 nm wavelength range in 1 nm increments, 2.4
nm bandpass; ELISA and other assays)
Integra Biosciences Fireboy Plus portable Bunsen burner
Heat Systems – Ultrasonics, Inc. Sonifier Model W185 cell disruptor
Scientific Industries disruptor genie
Fisher Scientific dry bath incubator (analog control centrifuge tube incubator)
Lab-Line slide warmer (slightly above ambient to 65 °C; digital temperature readout)
Bio-Rad AS-100 HRLC automatic sampling system (refrigerated)
New Brunswick Scientific Excella multi-position shaker for 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks
Forma Scientific orbital shaker (1” orbital motion) with digital timer (1 min – 200 hr),
speed (25-525 RPM) and temperature controls (5 °C above ambient to 60 °C)
Nuaire TS AutoFlow CO2 water-jacketed incubator
Steris built-in industrial size autoclaves
Tuttnauer/Brinkmann tabletop programmable digital autoclave Heidolph 2540EP (23 L
capacity; 105-137 °C temperature range; 0-59 min timer; 0-40 psi pressure; 0-99 min
drying time; low water indicator; printer)
Sample Preparation:
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Denver Instruments S1-114 analytical balance (d = 0.1 mg)
Mettler Toledo SB 12001, Shimadzu TX323L and Acculab Vicon balances
Balance for higher weights with counterweights
Dionex Thermo Scientific ASE350 accelerated solvent extractor (solid and semisolid
samples; 24 sample autosampler)
Barnstead EASYpure UV/UF reagent grade (ultrapure) water purification system (18.2
MΩ-cm resistivity)
Barnstead NANOpure Diamond (up to 15 L/day of ultrapure water with 18.2 MΩ-cm
resistivity)
Barnstead NANOpure Infinity (ASTM Type I water with 18 MΩ-cm resistivity at 1.5
L/min maximum flow)
Pall Corporation 3-port vacuum filtration manifold
Gelman Sciences 3-port vacuum filtration manifold
Millipore LabScale tangential flow filtration system
Blender
Microwave
Miscellaneous:
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Digital and analog peristaltic pumps capable of accommodating a variety of flows
(MasterFlex, Rainin Rabbit-Plus and Watson Marlow)
Fisher Scientific vortex genie mixers (2) and multitube vortex mixer
Fisher Scientific Isotemp oven (220 °C maximum temperature)
Fisher Scientific 750 series programmable muffle furnace (50-1125 °C)
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Precision Model 184 water bath (5.2 gal; ambient temperature to 99.9 °C; analog +
thermometer temperature control; temperature stability ±0.2°C at 37°C)
Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. Equatherm dual water bath with individual analogue
controls (13.5 and 10 L chambers, 25-100 °C range)
Lauda Brinkmann EcoLine RE120 refrigerated recirculating bath (20 L, -30 to 120 °C)
Ludl Electronic Products, Ltd. Lamp power supply (75 W xenon; 100 W mercury)
Zeiss AttoArc HBO 100 W microscope light source (for illumination of fluorescentstained specimens)
Zeiss Standard 25 ICS transmitted light microscope (brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast
and polarization contrast techniques)
Alloy Products Corp. 3-port stainless steel pressurized vessel (155 psi; -20 to 100 °F)
KD Scientific digital syringe pump (2)
IKA Labortechnik BO 6 digital
Hoshizaki industrial ice maker
Lancer industrial size dual dishwasher connected to the building deionized water system