{"id":918,"date":"2018-09-12T13:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T20:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/?page_id=918"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T23:29:55","slug":"the-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-918\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-918-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-918-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-918-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-d3a30c78e0fa-918\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur Lab\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-918-0-0-1\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1306 .fg-image { width: 330px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1306 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-m-col3 fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-no-js\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1306\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;src&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;srcset&quot;}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/09\/labspace-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1305\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/09\/labspace-scaled\/2138997988.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"250\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/09\/labview.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"1303\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/09\/labview\/1527306938.jpeg\" width=\"330\" height=\"250\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/09\/DJI_0500-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1315\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/09\/DJI_0500-scaled\/750674264.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"250\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-918-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chemical Oceanography Laboratory is a 840 square foot laboratory overlooking Monterey Bay. If the chemical oceanography community were to host a contest for the lab with the best view, we are confident we would win! We get to spot passing whales and check the surf at nearby Moss Landing beach while running samples or processing data in the lab.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our lab is a general purpose chemical laboratory equipped with all the necessary instrumentation to perform standard chemical work (milliQ system, analytical scale, pH meter, etc..). We also work in MLML\u2019s trace metal clean lab, a HEPA filtered trace metal clean environment, which we use for our trace metal clean work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the instruments available for teaching and research in the lab are shown below.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1309 .fg-image { width: 300px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1309 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-m-col2 fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-no-js\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1309\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;src&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;srcset&quot;}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2022\/05\/IMG_6300.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"Trace metal clean lab\" data-caption-desc=\"Our trace metal clean laboratory is maintained under positive pressure with HEPA-filtered air to minimize contamination during sample processing.\" data-attachment-id=\"1521\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2022\/05\/IMG_6300\/838174752.jpeg\" title=\"Trace metal clean lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Trace metal clean lab<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Our trace metal clean laboratory is maintained under positive pressure with HEPA-filtered air to minimize contamination during sample processing.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/09\/IMG_5836.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"pFIONA\" data-caption-desc=\"Our custom built workhorse for autonomous, high-frequency measurements of phosphate and silicate at the MLML shore station.\" data-attachment-id=\"1459\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2026\/09\/IMG_5836\/1783726878.jpeg\" title=\"pFIONA\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">pFIONA<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Our custom built workhorse for autonomous, high-frequency measurements of phosphate and silicate at the MLML shore station.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/08\/pFI-scaled.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"Benchtop pFI Analyzer\" data-caption-desc=\"Programmable Flow Injection analyzer (miniSIA2). Two units, used for validation and method development (nutrients &amp;amp; metals).\" data-attachment-id=\"1157\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/08\/pFI-scaled\/797297886.jpeg\" title=\"Benchtop pFI Analyzer\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Benchtop pFI Analyzer<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Programmable Flow Injection analyzer (miniSIA2). Two units, used for validation and method development (nutrients &amp; metals).<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/08\/FIA-Fe-Manifold-scaled.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"FIA\" data-caption-desc=\"We assemble our own custom Flow Injection Analyzers to analyze some trace metals (Al, Cu, Co...) in seawater. FIA systems are also well suited for shipboard work and exploratory method development. We currently have a custom built FIA system for sub-nanomolar Fe determinations in seawater via luminol chemiluminescence detection.\" data-attachment-id=\"1137\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/08\/FIA-Fe-Manifold-scaled\/1417237480.jpeg\" title=\"FIA\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">FIA<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">We assemble our own custom Flow Injection Analyzers to analyze some trace metals (Al, Cu, Co...) in seawater. FIA systems are also well suited for shipboard work and exploratory method development. We currently have a custom built FIA system for sub-nanomolar Fe determinations in seawater via luminol chemiluminescence detection.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/08\/Autototitrator-scaled.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"Carbonate Chemistry Apparatus\" data-caption-desc=\"Autotitrator (Methohm 916 Ti Touch with 800 Dosino) equipped with a Pt ring electrode and a pH electrode. We use this system to perform Winkler titrations (DO), open-cell alkalinity titrations and potentiometric pH measurements in seawater.\" data-attachment-id=\"1136\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/08\/Autototitrator-scaled\/2164810208.jpeg\" title=\"Carbonate Chemistry Apparatus\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Carbonate Chemistry Apparatus<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Autotitrator (Methohm 916 Ti Touch with 800 Dosino) equipped with a Pt ring electrode and a pH electrode. We use this system to perform Winkler titrations (DO), open-cell alkalinity titrations and potentiometric pH measurements in seawater.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/09\/IMG_6299.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"Thermo Scientific iCAP 7400 Duo ICP-OES\" data-caption-desc=\"This instrument provides rapid, simultaneous analysis of major and trace elements in environmental samples.\" data-attachment-id=\"1454\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2026\/09\/IMG_6299\/1694430491.jpeg\" title=\"Thermo Scientific iCAP 7400 Duo ICP-OES\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Thermo Scientific iCAP 7400 Duo ICP-OES<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This instrument provides rapid, simultaneous analysis of major and trace elements in environmental samples.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-15-at-12.01.07-PM.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Multiparameter water quality probes\" data-caption-desc=\"YSI EXO1 multiparameter water quality sonde with depth, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen optode, pH and turbidity sensors. Our workhorse to measure master variables when we venture in the Elkhorn Slough.\" data-attachment-id=\"1311\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-15-at-12_01_07-PM\/1068590687.jpg\" title=\"Multiparameter water quality probes\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Multiparameter water quality probes<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">YSI EXO1 multiparameter water quality sonde with depth, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen optode, pH and turbidity sensors. Our workhorse to measure master variables when we venture in the Elkhorn Slough.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/08\/SRI_GC-scaled.jpeg\" data-caption-title=\"SRI_Gas Chromatograph\" data-caption-desc=\"SRI 8610C Gas Chromatograph furnished with a purge and trap system and DELCD and ECD detector. This instrument is designed to analyze halogenated gases in seawater.\" data-attachment-id=\"1158\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/chemoce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/cache\/2021\/08\/SRI_GC-scaled\/3356507479.jpeg\" title=\"SRI_Gas Chromatograph\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">SRI_Gas Chromatograph<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">SRI 8610C Gas Chromatograph furnished with a purge and trap system and DELCD and ECD detector. This instrument is designed to analyze halogenated gases in seawater.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chemical Oceanography Laboratory is a 840 square foot laboratory overlooking Monterey Bay. If the chemical oceanography community were to host a contest for the lab with the best view, we are confident we would win! 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