{"id":378,"date":"2020-11-05T04:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T04:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2020-11-05T04:49:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T04:49:56","slug":"icp-ms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/research\/instrumentation\/icp-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP-MS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GGC currently maintains a PerkinElmer Elan DRC-e Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). The instrument is located in Building H, room 1133, and is utilized routinely by faculty and students for research and educational purposes. Dr. Kathryn Zimmerman currently supervises maintenance, operation and troubleshooting associated with the instrument.<\/p>\n<p>Th<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/research\/instrumentation\/icp-ms\/dsc_0174-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1599757839&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0174\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-379 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/11\/DSC_0174-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>e\u00a0ICP-MS can detect\u00a0very low concentrations (ppt) of metals and some non-metals by ionizing the sample in an electrically conductive plasma and then separating and quantifying sample ions using a mass spectrometer. GGC undergraduate research projects have utilized the ICP-MS to provide elemental analyses for\u00a0a variety of matrices including food and beverages, freshwater and marine environmental samples, meteorites, biodiesel combustion products, freshwater organismal tissues, dopamine polymers from natural sources, and metal-binding proteins and collagens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GGC currently maintains a PerkinElmer Elan DRC-e Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). The instrument is located in Building H, room 1133, and is utilized routinely by faculty and students for research and educational purposes. Dr. Kathryn Zimmerman currently supervises maintenance, operation and troubleshooting associated with the instrument. The\u00a0ICP-MS can detect\u00a0very low concentrations (ppt) of metals and some non-metals by ionizing the sample in an electrically conductive plasma and then separating and quantifying sample ions using a mass spectrometer. GGC undergraduate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/research\/instrumentation\/icp-ms\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"parent":109,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","user-has-not-earned"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PcrxoI-66","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109,"url":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/research\/instrumentation\/","url_meta":{"origin":378,"position":0},"title":"Instrumentation","author":"mkirberger","date":"September 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Chemistry instrumentation is a major part of the chemistry degree program. Chemistry instruments aid in teaching students required research skills needed for them to succeed in their future academic or industrial careers. GGC is continuously working to acquire and upgrade instrumentation for student instruction and research. 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