Chemistry - Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)

The Mass spectrometer facility is at present comprised of two mass spectrometers.

Please contact Dr Tony Reeder of the mass spectrometry facility for further details.

The older mass spectrometer is a HP5896 mass spectrometer and has facilities for solid probe electron impact mass spectrometry (EI) and for gas chromatography mass spectrometry (EI GC/MS). It is used for all routine samples for undergraduates and postgraduates.

The new mass spectrometer is a VG Autospec high resolution mass spectrometer. It has the facilities for low and high resolution (up to ~20,000) solids probe EI, chemical ionisation (CI), EI GC/MS, CI GC/MS, Fast atom bombardment (FAB or LSIMS) and Electrospray mass spectrometry in both +ve and -ve ion. Both LSIMS and electrospray are used as HPLC inlets.

The Mass Spectrometers

HP5856	VG Autospec

Access to the mass spectrometry facilities are available to the chemistry Disciplines of the universities of western australia and to other users outside of these Disciplines. Access is usually gained by entering into collaborative agreements with members of the mass spectrometry facility or other academics within the Chemistry. However, external users may also purchase time on these instruments.

Facilities and Services

High field NMR facility
The WA EPR facility
Single crystal X-ray diffraction
Powder X-ray diffraction
Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
FTIR spectroscopy
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) analysis
Thermogravimetric analysis

Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) facilities

The Mass Spectrometers