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Skidmore Analytical Interdisciplinary Laboratory (SAIL)

SAIL Instruments

Our resources include both benchtop and portable instrumentation for elemental, ion, molecular and functional analysis. This range of capabilities allows for the study of a wide variety of materials from compounds synthesized in a laboratory to samples collected from the local environment. Additionally, SAIL now has dedicated space for sample preparation.  Contact the SAIL Manager to learn more about how SAIL can benefit your teaching and research.

Instrument Lab Equipment

  • Atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) - PerkinElmer PinAAcle 900T with flame and graphite furnace capabilities
  • Fluorescence spectrometer - Shimadzu RF-6000
  • Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer - PerkinElmer Spectrum 100
  • Gas chromatograph (GC) - Agilent 7890A with FID and μECD detectors
  • Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) - Agilent 7890A/5975C
  • High performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) - Dionex UltiMate 3000
  • Ion chromatograph (IC) - Dionex ICS 2100 with electrical conductivity and variable wavelength detectors
  • Liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer (LC-MS) - Thermo Vanquish/ISQ-EC; Charged aerosol detector (CAD) also available
  • LI-COR LI6400XT Portable Photosynthesis System
  • Raman microscope - Thermo DXR3 with 532-nm and 785-nm lasers
  • UV-Visible spectrometer - Shimadzu UV-2600
  • X-ray diffractometer (XRD) - Rigaku Miniflex 6G
  • X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer, handheld - Bruker Tracer III SD

Prep Lab Equipment

  • Analytical Balance - Mettler Toledo ME 204TE
  • Microbalance - Mettler Toledo XPR106DUH
  • Microwave digester - Milestone Ethose UP
  • Oven - Fisherbrand Isotemp 100-L
  • pH meter - Accumet AB315
  • Refrigerator
  • Sonicator