LAQV REQUIMTE

Technical resources

Chemical analysis

The "Laboratório de Análises" was created in 2002 to offer analytical support to the Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde – Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry at REQUIMTE – Network of Chemistry and Technology, to other higher education, research units, and companies, as well as those that are interested in the available services. The main propose of the Laboratory is to support research, providing infrastructure and knowledge for science and innovation. This framework allows the development of analytical methodologies in a wide spectrum of areas.

Equipment

U.Porto
FCT NOVA

Elemental Analysis:

  • CHNS Analyzer – Thermo Finnigan CE Instruments Flash EA 1112 CHNS
  • Atomic Absorption Spectrometry – Analytik Jena AG AAS ZEEnit 650 | Thermo Scientific Solaar S Series AA
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectroscopy - Horiba Jobin-Yvon Ultima

Chromatography:

  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Ion Chromatography – Dionex ICS-3000 | Thermo Scientific Surveyor | Waters 600 | Merck-Hitachi
  • Size Exclusion Chromatography – Knauer Smartline/Polymer laboratories PL-ELS1000
  • GC-FID – Agilent 6890
  • GC-TCD – Thermo Scientific Trace GC Ultra

Materials Characterization

  • Differential scanning calorimeter – Setaram, DSC 131
  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy – Perkin-Elmer Spectrum Two
  • Gas Porosimeter – Micromeritics, ASAP2010
  • Mercury Intrusion Porosimeter – Micromeritics, Autopore IV
  • Thermogravimetric Analizer – Setaram Labsys EVO
  • X-Ray Powder Diffraction – Rigaku, Miniflex II

Mass Spectrometry:

  • LC/MS - Agilent 6130B Single Quadrupole with an ESI source and coupled with an HPLC Agilent 1200 Series with Binary pump
  • GC/MS - DSQ (Thermo) with an EI source and coupled with an GC Agilent 6890N

For more information: https://sites.fct.unl.pt/labanalises