UEM - Mass spectrometry unit
GINYS-ICRA-002
The Mass Spectrometry Unit (MSU) aims to be a benchmark in the determination of emerging chemical pollutants in wastewater, natural water and drinking water.
By using technologically advanced instrumentation it offers analytical solutions for the identification and quantification of worldwide relevant organic contaminants at trace levels.
The MSU splits in two subunits according to the chromatographic technique coupled to mass spectrometry:
By using technologically advanced instrumentation it offers analytical solutions for the identification and quantification of worldwide relevant organic contaminants at trace levels.
The MSU splits in two subunits according to the chromatographic technique coupled to mass spectrometry:
1) The Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Unit (UEM GCMS) focuses its activity on the identification and quantification of organic compounds belonging to different families, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, disinfection by-products, etc., through multiresidue methodologies.
The availability of state-of-the-art equipment allows to face the challenges that arise in environmental topics, both from the point of view of sensitivity and monitoring of new emerging pollutants.
The availability of state-of-the-art equipment allows to face the challenges that arise in environmental topics, both from the point of view of sensitivity and monitoring of new emerging pollutants.
2) The Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Unit (UEM LCMS) is highly specialized in target analysis of organic contaminants in aqueous samples using multiresidue analytical methods. Our catalogue includes more than 150 compounds such as drugs, antibiotics, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, etc.
It also offers a new service for non-target analysis throughout Liquid Chromatography coupled to High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (LC-HRMS).
It also offers a new service for non-target analysis throughout Liquid Chromatography coupled to High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (LC-HRMS).
Services
Gas Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
0.- Service for weighing of toxic/cytotoxic compounds in a safety cabin.
1.- Volatile Fatty Acids
2.- Methane
3.- Disinfection By-products (DBPs)
4.- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
5.- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
6.- Organochlorine Pesticides (POCs)
7.- Triclosan and metabolites
8.- Nitrosamines
9.- Haloacetic acids
10.- Determination of microplastics
11.- Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
1.- Pesticides
2.- Antibiotics
3.- Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs)
4.- Watch List
5.- Pharmaceuticals (PhACs)
6.- Aminoacids (AAs)
7.- Non target analysis
Equipment
- Gas Chromatograph coupled a triple quadrupole Mass Spectrometer system (GC-MS/MS), TRACE 1300 TSQ9000, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- Gas Chromatograph (GC) with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and Electron Capture Detector (ECD), Trace GC Ultra, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- Pyrolyzer coupled to a Gas Chromatograph with a single quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (Pyr-GC/MS), Pyr EGA/PY-3030D, Frontier, GC 8890 MS5977B Inert Plus, Agilent.
- Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography triple Quadrupole Mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) hydrid Linear Ion Trap (LIT), Acquity UPLC-MS QTRAP 5500, Waters-SCIEX.
- Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography triple Quadrupole Mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS), EQUAN UPLC-MS TSQ Vantage, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-HRMS), Vanquish UPLC-HRMS Orbitrap Exploris 120, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- Ion Chromatograph (IC) with multiple detection: High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS), Conductivity (CD) and Ultraviolet Visible (UV/VIS), ICS6000, Orbitrap Exploris 120, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Equipment funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades Departament de Recerca i Universitats-Generalitat de Catalunya i Institució Centres de Recerca de Catalunya.
Staff
Diana Álvarez Muñoz | dalvarez@icra.cat
| (+34) 689 26 24 64 | ORCID
Andrea Peris Domes | aperis@icra.cat
| (+34) 972 18 33 80 | ORCID
