Equipment

Analytical facilities


Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

Bruker Daltonics Solarix 12Tesla FT-ICR-MS

One of only three instruments in Canada, based in the Western Canada Petroleomics Centre.
Ionisation: Electrospray & APPI sources
Resolution: Ultra High
M/Z range: 100-10,000
Applications: Whole oil analysis, petroleum fractions, intact polar membrane lipids, naphthenic Acids

Contact Thomas Oldenburg for further details

FTMS

Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Agilent Technologies 6890 GC with 5973n MSD

Instrument type: Single quadrupole MS
Ionisation: +ve ion EI 
Operating modes: SIM MS, Full Scan MS, simultaneous SIM/Scan
Resolution: low
M/Z range: 50-1050
Applications: geochemical fingerprinting of petroleum fractions, biomarkers, polar compounds

GCMS