​Environmental Chemical Facility

Funders

National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa & Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

The instruments enabling these analyses are the quadrupole time-of-flight liquid chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer (LCMS-QTOF) (lovingly known as “Aggi”) and a gas chromatography micro-electron capture detector (GC-μECD). The inorganic compounds are analysed for single and multi-element analyses on the flame and/or graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer (F/GF-AAS), as well as mercury on the flow injection mercury system (FIMS).

Read more about the NABF in the ENVIRA

Last updated: June 2026

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