The Organic Geochemistry Laboratory at UIC occupies three laboratories on the 2nd floor and one on the first floor of the Science and Engineering South (SES) building.
- The first laboratory (SES 2455 A and B) hosts HP gas chromatographs (GC), an 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 bench-top freezer.
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GC×GC-FID
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GC×GC-FID |
Pegasus 4D GC×GC-TOF MS |
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The OGL GCMS is an HP 5890 GC coupled to a mass selective detector (MSD)
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GC×GC-FID purchased from LECO,
using a Agilent Technology 6890 GC-FID |
Purchased from LECO, the GC×GC-time of flight (ToF) mass spectrometer (MS) has a 6890 GC with a LECO secondary oven and modulator coupled to a ToF MS
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- The second lab (SES 2457) has four hoods and hosts solvent extraction tools such as Soxhlet extractors and a sonic extractor, as well as a centrifuge, balances, a low-temperature oven, and a high-pressure reactor for hydrogenation experiments.
- The third laboratory (SES 2459) has a stainless steal hood and is mostly used for the preparation of clean sample surfaces. This laboratory hosts two refrigerators for storage of organic fractions as well as a small freezer, and a CO2 jet cleaner, and a large high-temperature oven.
- A fourth laboratory (SES 1340), shared with Professor D'Arcy Meyer-Dombard, contains a high-pressure panel and is the site of our high-pressure microbial growth experiments. The panel was purchased from Harwood Engineering Co. Inc. (sadly, a now-closed company) with 5 reactor vessels able to contain growth experiments under pressure, up to 1 GPa (~145,000 psi). These reactor vessels have been mounted on individual carts that can be detached from the pressure panel and kept at the wanted pressure for long durations.
