atories incl
udes the following: Agilent Gas Chromatograph. Click on any of the divisions below to learn more about our organization.
-Mass Spectrometer with a
utosampler (GC-MS):
The GC-MS sep
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EMRTC Deputy Director
arates and dete
cts gas samples containing small amounts
of explosives, other energetic m
- aterials and pro
- pellants, orga
- nic molecules
- and inorga
- nic molecules.
- Finnigan Liquid
- Chromatograph-Mass
- spectrometer (LC-MS): The
- LC-MS separates and detects the content of
liquid samples such as solutions of TN
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- T, RDX, enzymes,
- and other molecules. Th
- ermoElectron Ultr
- aviole
- t-Visibl
- e spectrometer
(UV-vis): The UV-vis uses
ultraviolet and visible light to identify
- molecule
- s (both organic
- and inorganic) present in sam
- ple solutions. T
- his techniqu
- e is particul
- arly suitable for metal-organ
- ic solutions and the UV-v
is is able to identify both the molecules prese
nt and the concentration of thos
- e molecule
- s. Differential Scan
- ning Ca
- lorimeter (D
- SC): The D
- SC heats
very small samples according
to a planned program (degrees/minu
- te) and charts the sampl
- e's response to the applied heat. DSC
- is used for ener
- getic materials, prope
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llants, plastics and o
ther polymers, organic materials, inorgan
- ic materials and even cherry pie filling. Ion Chr
- omatograph (IC): The IC gives informat
- Development of processes and industrial problem-solving protocols
- ion on the ions contained in a sample. Both positive ions
- (cations) and negative ions (anions) are detected. Appli
cations for this technique in
clude the identification of e
- nergetic materia
- ls from the resi
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKIdues they
- leave behind, se
