Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protections Mobile Analytical
Services Section

• Vehicles and Equipment

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The Fleet of Vehicles

• Mobile Analytical Unit-1 (MAU-1)
• Mobile Analytical Unit-2 (MAU-2)
• Mobile Analytical Unit-3 (MAU-3)
• Mobilab Minivan Support Vehicle

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MAU-1 Focus on Organic Analysis

• Orion Bus, 1989
• Length 35 ft.
• Height 12 ft.
• Weight 16 tons

• Driven by a Detroit Diesel Engine
• Vehicle Manufactured by Ontario Bus Industries,
  
• Mississauga, Ontario
• Modified into Laboratory by Sciex Corporation,
• Toronto
• Laboratory Functions Independently Using a 24KW
• Diesel Generator

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MAU-1 Equipment

• Tandem Mass Spectrometer Air
• GC/MS Air
• GC/MS Purge and Trap
• AromaScan Odor Profile

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TAGA IIE Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer

• TAGA IIE Tandem
• Quadrupole Mass
• Spectrometer
• Manufactured by Sciex
• Corporation, Toronto
• Upgraded in 1995
• Serviced now by mSpec
• Corporation

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Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer

• Manufactured by
• Bruker Daltonics
• Billerica, MA
• Model Viking 573
• Acquired in 2000
• We have two of these units,
• one configured for air and the
• other for soil water

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Purge and Trap for GC/MS

• Manufactured by Tekmar-
• Dohrmann, Cincinnati, OH
• Autosampler Tekmar 2016,
• Model 14-5962-400
• Concentrator Tekmar 3000,
• Model 14-3000-000
• Acquired in 1998

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Aroma Scan

• Manufactured by
• AromaScan/ Osmetech
• Hollis, NH
• Model A32S Aromascanner
• Acquired in 1998

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MAU-2 Focus on Inorganic Analysis

• Weight 11 Tons
• Height 11ft.
• Length 33ft.
• Acquired in June 1992
• Laboratory Model
• 8F24C

• International Harvester 4600 Truck Chassis
• Modified into Laboratory (Model 8F24C) by ENG,
  Inc., Concord, CA
• Laboratory operates independently using an 18KW
• diesel generator

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MAU-2 Equipment

• Inductively Coupled argon Plasma
• X-Ray Fluorescence
• Microwave Digester
• Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
• Apparatus
• Cold Vapor Mercury Analyzer

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ICaP-AES Spectrometer

• Inductively Coupled argon
• Plasma-Atomic Emission
• Spectrometer
• Manufactured by Leeman
• Labs, Inc., Hudson, NH
• Model PS1000M
• Specifically designed to
• operate in a mobile
• environment with ability to
• lock-down optical bench
• Acquired in 1994

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X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

• TX 6000
• Manufactured by Spectrace
• Instruments, Mountain View, CA
• Acquired in 1993
• Serviced now by ThermoNoran
• Instruments, Middleton, WI

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Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
Apparatus

• Mobile TCLP Apparatus
• Manufactured specifically
• for our needs by RBC
• Associates of
• Mechanicsburg, PA
• Has the capacity to rotate
• 60 samples at once.
• Manufactured in 1994

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Microwave Digester

• MARS 5 Microwave Accelerated
• Reaction System
• Manufactured by CEM Corporation,
• Matthews, NC
• Acquired in 1998

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Cold Vapor Mercury Analyzer

• Manufactured by Buck Scientific, East Norwalk, CT
• Model 400A
• Acquired in 1997

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MAU-3

• Weight 11 Tons
• Height 11 Feet
• Length 24 Feet
• The laboratory is mounted on a
• 2001 Ford F-550 Super Cab
• Chassis
• Modified into a laboratory by
• ENG, Inc.
• Acquired in December 2000
• Operates independently using a
• 8 KW Generator

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MAU-3 Equipment

• Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared
  Spectrometer (OPFTIR)
• Real Time Low Molecular Weight Organic Analyses

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Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer

• RAM 2000 OPFTIR
• Manufactured by AIL
• Serviced now by EDO Defense Program and
  Technology, Deerpark, NY
• Acquired in 2001