Dr. De la Cruz has approximately 883 sq ft of laboratory space at 2309 Skinner-Jones Hall on the UNF campus. The lab is set up for conducting wet chemistry, instrumental analyses, and various environmental research experiments, including jar tests for coagulation/flocculation, batch and continuous adsorption experiments, membrane filtration, and biochemical methane potential (BMP) tests.
- Fume hood
- Pacific TII 7 UV Deionized Water System
- Mettler Analytical Balance
- Isotemp Incubator
- Sterilite Autoclave
- Orion pH Meter
- DR 5000 UV/Vis Spectrometer
- GEM 5000 for measurement of CH4 and CO2 in biogas
- Field gas sampling system for TO-17 thermal desorption tubes
- SRI 8610 GC is equipped with thermal conductivity, flame ionization, and electron capture detectors.
- Measurements of CH4, CO2, N2, O2. ECD is useful for measurements of halogenated compounds and explosives
- Agilent 8890 GC- 7000E Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer equipped with Markes International TD-XR100 Thermal desorption system.
- Trace organic analysis of volatile organic contaminants such as PFAS, explosives, pesticides, halogenated compounds, disinfection by-products, and siloxanes.
- Shimadzu LCMS-9030 Liquid chromatography – quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) (MSERF)
- Non-target analysis of components of water and wastewater such as leachate.
- Non-target PFAS analysis.
- It can also be used for targeted analysis, such as EPA Method 1633, replacing the triple quadrupole typically used.
- Other general lab equipment.
