Organic contaminant analysis

Research in organic contaminants is performed in fully-equipped laboratories with state-of-the-art analytical facilities and instrumentations dedicated to trace level analyses. The facilities comprise 300m² of laboratories built in controlled atmosphere (low dust clean laboratories) and positive pressure.

The main equipment of the laboratory is listed below:

• Sample extraction: automated pressurized liquid extractors
• Purification/fractionation of extracts: preparative liquid chromatography systems; gel permeation chromatography systems.
• Analytical systems:

1. Single quadrupole (GC-MS), triple quadrupole (GC-MS/MS) and high resolution (GC-HRMS) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry systems.
2. Liquid chromatography system coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

Extraction by pressurized liquid	Size exclusion chromatography
Liquid or gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry