Labstat has invested in the technologies required
to produce reliable, accurate and defensible data within practical
timelines. Further, we have invested in throughput capacity to
respond to the increased demand for tobacco-related analyses and
continuity of service in the case of equipment breakdown.
Labstat operates 17 smoking machines. Labstat
can accommodate a wide spectrum of smoking regimes including,
ISO, Massachusetts, Canadian Intense and others as defined by
clients.
All smoking machines operate within our
controlled environment rooms under either ISO or FTC conditions.
The following analytical equipment is found
in our chemistry laboratories:
- 13 Gas Chromatographs equipped with varying
detectors including: FID, TSD, ECD, and TEA
- 10 HPLC systems including all commonly used
detectors (conductivity, ultraviolet, flourescent etc.)
- 3 LC MS/MS
- 5 GC/MS Ion Traps
- 2 GC/MS Single Quadrupoles
- 2 GC/MS Triple Quadrupoles
- 1 Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer (go
to free radicals service page)
- 1 ICP Atomic Emission Spectrometer
- 1 ICP Mass Spectrometer
- 3 Autotechnicon Analyzers
- 1 Mercury Analyzer
- 1 Karl Fischer
- 4 Closed Vessel Microwave Digesters
The following analytical equipment is found
in our toxicology laboratories:
- 4 Shaker Incubators
- 5 Incubators
- 4 CO2 Incubators
- 3 Florescent Microscopes
- 2 Stereo Microscopes
- 2 Plate Counters
- 2 Plate Pourers
- 2 Microplate Readers
- 2 Inverted Microscopes
- 1 Compound Microscope
- 2 Colony Counters
- 3 Autoclaves
- 8 H2O Baths
- 2 Spectrophotometers
