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psychoticpumpkin

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Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« on: October 03, 2010, 02:11:12 AM »
I would greatly appreciate it if someone explained to me how I make use of these machines!

One of the most pressing issues is that I don't know how to interface the Madison FTIR with a computer and then there is the mysterious stove-like box.

Images of the items in question are attached.

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2010, 02:21:20 AM »
I would like to see angle on the first picture you took. The second picture looks like a GC-MS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) and your third picture is a fridge that you use to cool condensers. I don't exactly know how the first works, I have just used one, never set it up.

psychoticpumpkin

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2010, 02:29:42 AM »
Here is another shot of the

ATI Mattson 9423 Research Series FTIR

SWIM is very depressed and wishes there was some way SWIM could get this working

psychoticpumpkin

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2010, 02:34:03 AM »
Also, the GC/MS is an Agilent 6890 but it seems to be missing some stuff... I'm not sure how to proceed

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2010, 04:29:17 AM »
The first one as you already know is an FTIR, From the picture there is absolutely no way to tell how much of it is there and functional. I would start by looking for a manual online, looking for a local precision instrument place for an opinion or getting cables that fit in the ports on the back and trying to connect them to a computer. These things can be finicky sometimes, they may need very specific or hard to find cards or hardware of something is missing.

The second picture is a gas chromatograph, it isn't a GC/MS unless you have a mass spectrometer attached to it which I don't see. The GC seems to be missing it's column, but that shouldn't be too hard to find. You will need very pure helium to act as the mobile phase if you plan to use it. You will probably need a new septum for the port and quite possibly other components if it needs repair. You will also need to attach it to a computer (same suggestions as above) and get a program to interpret the data (ie Excalibur.)

I can't tell what the third item is though I expect it is an immersion circulator with a temperature control. That shouldn't need uch but to be plugged in, though you could be in trouble if the element/refrigeration unit is shot.

The last item appears to be a vacuum trap, a vacuum pump being attached to one end and a vacuum line to the other, the Dewar is filled with liquid nitrogen or dry ice/acetone slurry. The cold precipitates solvents preventing them from reaching the pump, and the blue mesh protects the user in the event of an implosion.
 

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2010, 04:43:23 AM »
Here's a manual
http://mmrc.caltech.edu/GCMS/6890-operating-manual.pdf

 If anybody knows where I can find a users manual for a Perkin Elmers Series 4 HPLC I'd appreciate it - got it for 25$ on ebay and can't even turn it on til we find a manual!

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2010, 04:01:20 PM »
Thanks everyone; Much appreciated. Hopefully I can get the GC running over the coming weeks in my spare time ;)

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Re: Trying to identify some expensive, abandoned lab equipment
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 11:12:00 AM »
the gas chromatograph in question is, at least by whats visible in the picture, a gas chromatograph. nowhere does it show an MS! also, it seems to be missing a column.
it is pretty obvious the GC has some detector in it, but from the picture it is impossible to tell. i would wager though on FID as its pretty common. you should take a closer look from all sides and look for stickers/emblems showing details on this specific unit. alternatively you could just contact agilent and give them the serial number you have on the unit and theyll give you the data on it.
third picture looks indeed like a recirculating chiller or heater. a closer look on the dial will tell you more.
on the fourth picture, the right item is a McLeod type vacuum gauge. It is used to measure high vacuum, in the micron range. from what i can see it is already filled with mercury, and so you can just use it as is.
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