Analytical Chemistry

The analytical chemistry team provides a range of high quality analytical services for both research and commercial projects.

The analytical chemistry team sits within ANSTO's Institute for the Environment (IER) and supports various studies such as trace metal analysis in aquatic environments, and measurement of pollutant transport in groundwater.

The laboratories are equipped with sophisticated instrumentation such as: quadrupole inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometer (ICPMS), a simultaneous inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICPAES), Anion and Cation chromatographs (IC) and isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS).

ABOVE left: Dionex DX600 with EG40 Eluent Generator and conductivity detector. This instrument can analyse anions and cations to sub part per million levels. ABOVE right: Vista Simultaneous Inductively Coupled Plasma Varian AES is an axially viewed instrument with purged echelle polychromator and VistaChip image-mapped Charged Coupled Device (CCD) detector for trace elements to parts per billion.

ABOVE left: Varian 820-MS. ABOVE right: The Agilent HP4500 Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) is capable of measuring isotope ratios and trace elements down to part per trillion.

ABOVE left: Ethos 1 laboratory microwave digester with pressure and temperature control system. Sample digestion is performed
using acids under temperature controlled conditions. ABOVE right: IsoPrime Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) with EuroVector Pyr-OH elemental analyser capable of determining and delta ¹⁸O and δ²H ratios for studies into water resources.

For more information contact:

Mr Henri Wong
E-mail