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Mass Spectrometry Lab

Varian Mass Spectrometer

Location

The Mass Spectrometry Facility is located in room 040 on the ground floor of Caudill Laboratories.

 

Hours

Monday through Friday
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Meetings by appointment only

 

Staff

Director Mass Spectroscopy Facility
Matthew C. Crowe, Ph.D.
Caudill Laboratories, room 040
Caudill Laboratories, room 052 - Office
mcrowe1@email.unc.edu
919-962-6813

 

Sample Submission

Samples should be submitted to the tray marked "Samples In", located in the cabinet just outside of Caudill 040. All samples must be accompanied by a submission form.

The more information provided about an analyte, the higher quality the results will be. Important information includes, but is not limited to:

  • Empirical Formula
  • Molecular Weight
  • Molecular Structure
  • Primary Sequence (for peptides and proteins)
  • Concentration
  • Solubility Conditions under which degradation can occur
  • Presence of buffers and salts

 

ICP-MS Calendar



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ICP-MS Rates

Analysis Type UNC Chemistry UNC - Others External Clients
Self-Serve $20.00/hr 1 N/A N/A

1 Must be trained by the facility director prior to self-serve use

 

Other Equipment Rates

Analysis Type UNC Chemistry UNC - Others External Clients
Direct Infusion MS
ESI, APCI
$15.00/sample $30.00/sample $110.00/sample
High Resolution MS
ESI
$30.00/sample $60.00/sample $300.00/sample
Tandem MS
ESI, APCI
$30.00/analyte $60.00/analyte $700.00/analyte
LC MS
ESI
$45.00/sample $90.00/sample $1.200.00/sample
Guaranteed 24-hour
turnaround
Rate x 2 Rate x 2 Rate x 2
 
The MS facility maintains and operates multiple mass spectrometers, which make standard MS, tandem MS, high-resolution MS, and LC-MS analyses possible. Two types of ionization, ESI and APCI,are available.
 
 

Department of Chemistry
Campus Box 3290
Caudill and Kenan Laboratories
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290 USA
Phone: (919) 843-7100

 

Last Updated: 05/05/2008
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