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HRMS Centre of Excellence

HRMS Centre of Excellence. Brief introduction of the HRMS lab oratory. HRMS Centre of Excellence. Total capacity : 16 000 samples / year Establishment of the HRMS Lab: February, 2002 Total Working Area: 525 m 2 Three separate laboratories for the sample preparation:

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HRMS Centre of Excellence

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  1. HRMS Centre of Excellence Brief introduction of the HRMS laboratory

  2. HRMS Centre of Excellence • Totalcapacity: 16 000 samples/year • Establishment of the HRMS Lab: February, 2002 • Total Working Area: 525 m2 • Three separate laboratories for the sample preparation: • Enviro Prep Lab (soil, water, waste): 95 m2 • Bio Prep Lab (food/feed/tissue): 100 m2 • Emission/Air Prep Lab: 100 m2 RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  3. HRMS Laboratory • Twoinstrumental roomswith environmental control systems: • Constant temperature • Dustdecrease • Reduce Floor vibrations • Minimize electric interferences • Power back-up system RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  4. GC-MS moderninstrumentation 4 HRMS instruments Dual HRGC-HRMS Finnigan MAT 95XP high resolution (R >10 000) with two gas chromatographs Agilent 6890N (HRGC) equipped with auto samplers CTC Total • HRGC-HRMS • ThermoElectron DFS– GC Trace Ultra equipped with a TriPlusautosampler • TwoDual HRGC-HRMS Thermo Fisher Sci. high resolution (R >10 000) DFS with two GCs Trace Ultra equipped with a TriPlusautosampler

  5. HRMS Experts One of the key differences of ALS is staff experience and stability of the team • Number of employees: 21(8 University degree) • Experienced key staff: 13-23 years in the field of POPs • Participation to Certification of Candidate Reference Material (USA, Canada, Belgium, Czech Republic) • Project experience on very contaminated sites, as well as monitoring of background levels (health monitoring) • Crisis Resolution with involvement of food/feed producers • Participation to main international conferences on POPs problematic • Organization of local seminars on POPs problematic RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  6. HRMS Centre of Excellence services ALS offers the mostcomprehensive range of services including: • Dioxins (PCDD/F) • Enviro matrices – water, SPMD, soil, sediments, sludge, wastes, chemicals • Emission/Ambient air • Bio matrices-food, feed and human blood Routine methodologiesemployed: • Enviro and bio matrices - US EPA 1613, US EPA 8290 • Emission - US EPA 23, US EPA 23A, EN 1948 • Ambient air - US EPA TO-9A RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  7. HRMS Centre of Excellence services ALS offers the mostcomprehensive range of services including: • PCBs, especially co-planar PCBs (dioxin-like PCBs) • Enviro matrices – water, SPMD, soil, sediments, sludge, wastes, chemicals • Emission/Ambient air • Bio matrices-food, feed and human blood Routinemethodologiesemployed: • Enviro and bio matrices - US EPA 1668 • Emission - JIS K 0311, EN 1948 • Ambient air - US EPA TO-9A/EN 1948 RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  8. HRMS Centre of Excellence services ALS offers the mostcomprehensive range of services including: • Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) • Enviro matrices – water, SPMD, soil, sediments, sludge, wastes, chemicals • Emission/Ambient air • Bio matrices-food Routinemethodologiesemployed: • All matrices- US EPA 429, resp. ISO 11338 and IP 346 RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  9. HRMS Centre of Excellence services ALS offers the mostcomprehensive range of services including: • Polybrominateddiphenyl ethers (PBDE) • Enviro matrices – water, SPMD, soil, sediments, sludge, wastes, chemicals, • Bio matrices-food, feed and human blood Routinemethodologyemployed: • Enviro and bio matrices - US EPA 1614 RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

  10. Excellence in HRMS analyses ALS Europe summariseditsanalyticalskills and competencies in thefieldofPOPsanalysis in thistechnicalpublication. Orderitnow by contactingus! RIGH SOLUTION | RIGHT PARTNER

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