Instrument location: Jacobs Hall 157

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Agilent 5977B

The Agilent 5977B gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) has an electron ionization (EI) source detector that produces industry-leading low instrument detection limits and high scanning speeds for the chemical quantification of organic compounds/molecules. With increased ion efficiency from the EI source, it is possible to get accurate measurements for sample volumes down to 1 microliter. Agilent’s MassHunter software with ChemStation Data Analysis provides sophisticated, yet user-friendly, data processing and review, as well as built-in files to generate custom-made reports.

This instrument is currently configured to test for the following compounds:

Phenols
2,4,6–Trichlorophenol
2,4–Dichlorophenol
2,4–Dimethylphenol
2,4–Dinitrophenol
2–Chlorophenol
2–Nitrophenol
4,6–Dinitro–2–methylphenol
4–Chloro–3–methyphenol
4–Nitrophenol
Pentachlorophenol
Phenol

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Anthracene
Benz(a)anthracene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Carbazole
Chrysene
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene
Fluoranthene
Fluorene
Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene
Naphthalene
Phenanthrene
Pyrene

Compounds not included in this list can be added to the instrument once the user has purchased the appropriate reference standards and developed appropriate methodology. The Agilent GC-MS is currently scheduled on a project-by-project basis. Please contact MDERFH to discuss availability of the instrument.