RJ Lee Group equipes mobile lab with IONICON PTR-MS and provides rapid, mobile monitoring of organic contamination and leaks caused by hurricane "Sandy"
Innsbruck, Austria, October 29, 2012:RJ Lee Group, Inc.'s mobile laboratory is now available to aid in assessing and monitoring organic contaminants that may occur in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Using an IONICON High-Sensitivity PTR-MS instrument, RJ Lee Group can support investigations associated with suspect odors, volatile toxic compounds and organic chemical releases to the environment.
The mobile laboratory can be deployed directly to sensitive areas where contamination, odors, and suspected damage exist and deliver real-time VOC monitoring data, including investigations into:
- Flooding into confined building spaces, tunnels, and storage locations
- Damaged chemical storage, transportation, and chemical use facilities or other areas of chemical and hazardous material release
- Hospitals, transportation hubs, stadiums, and other high-traffic areas where large-scale public exposure to VOCs is possible
The mobile laboratory uses IONICON PTR-MS technology to provide real-time data with no sample preparation or pre-concentration. RJ Lee Group’s scientists can then instantly analyze that data, translating it into the critical information that is needed by decision makers in government agencies, community organizations, and damage response organizations.
Providing measurements in the parts per trillion to parts per billion (ppt to ppb) range, the IONICON PTR-MS technology is significantly more sensitive than conventional methods of organic analysis, especially in real time. In addition, RJ Lee Group’s mobile laboratory can be brought on site and results can be interpreted in real time, eliminating the need for collecting many single-point samples, shipping those samples off-site, and waiting for analytical results.
About IONICON:
IONICON is the world’s leading producer of VOC detectors with market-leading, on-line and real-time, single-digit pptv-level detection limits using the unique Proton Transfer Reaction – Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) and Switchable Reagent Ions (SRI/SRI+) technology. Since 1998 IONICON has provided leading scientists with extremely reliable VOC monitoring and quantification instruments in many different areas of application including environmental research, pollution monitoring, atmospheric chemistry, food & flavour science and illicit substance detection.
The IONICON product portfolio comprises the PTR-QMS Series: the IONICON High-Sensitivity PTR-QMS 500 with its market-leading detection limit of < 1 pptv; the IONICON PTR-QMS 300 - a very robust and small VOC monitoring system at an affordable price; and the PTR-TOFMS Series (IONICON PTR-TOF 8000 providing a mass resolution of up to 8000 m/∆m and the IONICON PTR-TOF 2000 with its detection limit < 5 pptv).
IONICON sold its 200th PTR-MS instrument in early 2012.
IONICON also produces special monitoring solutions for various industrial applications, has a strong in-house R&D department and is a partner in many international research projects with renowned academic and leading industrial partners such as Airbus.
Contact:
Ionicon Analytik GmbH
Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 3
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
mailto: [email protected]
Tel: +43 512 214 800
Web: www.ionicon.com