C-ACT: Applied Chemical Technology

Instrumentation

Gas Chromatography

The MTL utilizes the latest Agilent Technologies® model 6890N gas chromatagraph (shown at right) equipped with TCD, FID and PDD detectors. The Pulsed Discharge Detector (PDD) has a 10x higher sensitivity and response level over conventional GC detectors and is easily capable of determining gas contaminants down in the low ppb levels.

Mass Spectrometers

The MTL also maintains a dual set of bench-top quadrapole mass spectrometers. The Thermo Onix VG ProLab™ (shown at left) is designed around a triple filter quadrapole with a patented contamination resistant enclosed ion source. This instrument allows the MTL to achieve fast real-time measurements as well as the flexibility to measure virtually any gas at atmospheric pressure in the range of low ppb levels up to 100%.

The Spectra MiniLab™ (shown at right) offers the MTL the capability of having a backup or "confirming" instrument to the ProLab™ for those analyses requiring the highest of confidence levels. The MiniLab™ offers many of the same features as the ProLab™ and is also capable of determining concentrations of gas mixtures over a wide dynamic range from ppb to percent levels.

Moisture Analyzers

The MTL utilizes the EdgeTech DewPrime III™ Dew Point Hygrometer (shown at left). This state-of-the-art micro-processor based, programmable instrument has a wide measurement range (-75 to +100°C) dew point or (0 to 100,000) PPMv. Chilled mirror technology, automatic correction for mirror contaminants and NIST certified calibration ensure the highest levels of precision and accuracy in our data.