The organic Geochemistry Laboratory at UIC occupies three laboratories on the 2nd floor of the Science and Engineering Building South (SES).
OGL also uses a walk-in refrigerator and a walk-in freezer rooms located on the first floor of the Science and Engineering Laboratory building, for long term storage of samples. Soon, a fourth laboratory will be dedicated to very high pressure microbial growth experiments.
- The first laboratory (SES 2455 A and B) is mostly dry and hosts HP gas chromatographs (GC), a Agilent Technology GC- mass spectrometer (GC-MSD), LECO GCxGC-FID and a LECO GCxGC-time of flight MS (GCxGC-TOF MS), Pegasus 4D. This laboratory also hosts a preparative pyrolysis unit and a freezer.
- The second lab(SES 2457) is a wet lab with 4 brand new (2016) hoods and hosts solvent extraction tools such as soxhlet extractors and a sonic extractor, as well as a centriguge, balances, a low temperature oven, and high pressure reactor for hydogenation experiments.
- The third laboratory (SES 2459) mostly a dry laboratory, has a brand new stainless steal hood, and is mostly used for preparation of samples for laser desorption postionization-MS. This laboratory host two refrigerators for storage of organic fraction as well as a small freezer. The third laboratory also hosts a large high temperature oven.
OGL also uses a walk-in refrigerator and a walk-in freezer rooms located on the first floor of the Science and Engineering Laboratory building, for long term storage of samples. Soon, a fourth laboratory will be dedicated to very high pressure microbial growth experiments.
OGL major instrumentation
GC-MSThe OGL GCMS is a HP 5890 GC coupled to a mass selective detector (MSD)
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GC×GC-FIDGC×GC-FID purchased from LECO,
using a Agilent Technology 6890 GC-FID |
Pegasus 4D GC×GC-TOF MSPurchased from LECO, the GC×GC-time of flight mass spectrometer (TOF) has a 6890 GC with a LECO secondary oven and modulator coupled to a TOF MS.
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