Equipment

Instruments for sample preparation

• Technical scale (Mettler Toledo, AG285)

• Mortars and pestles of glass and agate

• Jaw crusher with plates of steel and of tungsten carbide (Retsch, BB 50)

• Mill (Retsch, ZM 200)

• Microwave (Milestone, Ethos Sel)

• Pressurized solvent extraction (Applyed Separation, Fast PSE)

• Muffle (Eurotherm 2416, Lenton, ECF 12145A)

Instruments for analysis

Atomic Spectroscopy

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) (Perkin  Elmer  5300  DV)

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) (NexION 2000)

• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer with Flame Atomizer (FLAME-AAS) (Perkin Elmer 1100)

• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer with Electrothermal Atomizer (ET-AAS) (Perkin Elmer  AAnalyst 600)

• Hydride Generation Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometer (HG-AFS) (PS-Analytical Millenium)

• Mercury Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometer (CV-AFS) (PS-Analytical Excalibur)

• Mercury Analyzer (SOLID CV-AAS) (Milestone DMA-80)

• Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (ED-XRF) (Bruker S1Titan and Vanta C Series Handheld XRF)

Chromatography

• Gas Chromatographer with Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (GC-QMS) (Agilent Technologies GC 7890)

• Gas Chromatographer with Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (GC-ITMS) (Thermo Scientific Polaris Q)

• Gas Chromatographer with FID and NPD Detectors (GC-FID and NPD) (Agilent GC 5890)

• Liquid Chromatographer (HPLC) with Diode Detectors (LC-DAD), Molecular Fluorescence (LC-F) and Refractive Index (LC-IR) (Agilent 1100 Series)

• Liquid Chromatographer (HPLC) with UV-Visible Detector (Agilent 1050 Series and Dionex, P680)

• Ionic Mobility Spectrometer (Smiths IONSCAN-LS)

• Ionic Chromatography (IC) with Ionic Suppresion and Conductivity Detector (Metrohm Serie 8)

Molecular Spectroscopy

• Fourier Transform Near and Medium Infrared Spectrometer (FT-NIR/MIR) with DTGS and MCT detectors (Bruker IFS/66v/s)

• Fourier Transform Medium Infrared Spectrometer (FT-MIR) (Bruker Tensor 27)

• Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectrometer (FT-NIR) (Bruker MPA)

• Portable Fourier Transform Medium Infrared Spectrometer (FT-MIR),  4300 Handheld FTIR, Agilent Technologies

• Portable Raman Spectrometer i-Raman® Plus ((Laser: 785 and 532 nm)), B&W Tek 

Microscopy (Central Service for Experimental Research, University of Valencia)

• Optical Microscope (Leica DMR, DM IRBE and M165; Olympus FV1000MPE, FV1000, Fluoview FV10iW, BH-2 and SZH; IN Cell Analyzer 2000; Nikon SMZ)

• Electronic Microscope (Fei TECNAI G2 F20; Jeol JEM-1010; Hitachi S-4800 and S-4100;  Philips XL 30 ESEM)

X-ray Diffraction (Central Service for Experimental Research, University of Valencia)

• Powder Difractometer (Bruker D8 Avance A25 and D5005)

Genomics (Central Service for Experimental Research, University of Valencia)

• DNA Analyzer 48-capillary (ABI 3730)

• DNA Analyzer 96-capillary (ABI 3730XL)

• Genetic Analysis System (Life Technologies SOLID 5500XL)

• Genetic Analysis System (Roche 454 GS Junior)

• Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystem StepOne Plus)

• Microbial Characterization Systema (Qualicon RiboPrinter)

• DNA and RNA Bioanalyzer (Bio-Rad Experion; Agilent 2100)

• Spectrophotometer (Eppendorf Biophotometer; Termo Scientific Nanodrop 2000)

• Spectrofluorometer (Invitrogen Qubit; Promega Quantifluor)

• Thermal Cyclers (ABI 9700; ABI 2700)

• System of DNA Gel Electrophoresis