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AXYS Analytical Services, Sidney, British Columbia. Laboratory Tour. Val will being giving us the tour. Val is the wet labs manager. When you see a small version of her picture, you can hear her tour of the lab with RealPlayer by clicking on her picture.
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AXYS Analytical Services, Sidney, British Columbia Laboratory Tour
Val will being giving us the tour Val is the wet labs manager. When you see a small version of her picture, you can hear her tour of the lab with RealPlayer by clicking on her picture.
“Standards” are critical to getting accurate results. These are known amounts of chemicals that are used during each analysis. They are kept under lock-and-key in the lab.
This is a PCB lab. AXYS generally processes 9 samples plus a blank, a reference material, and a batch duplicate. So you can see 12 columns in the back.
Analyzing for dioxins is complicated. There are very small amounts that have to be separated from other persistent organic pollutants. Each analysis takes 4-6 days.