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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Mobile Analytical Services Section Vehicles and Equipment

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

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 24 KW Diesel Generator

MAU-1 Equipment • Tandem Mass Spectrometer: Air • GC/MS: Purge and Trap • Aroma. Scan: Odor Profile

TAGA IIE: Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer • TAGA IIE: Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer • Manufactured by Sciex Corporation, Toronto • Upgraded in 1995 • Serviced now by m. Spec Corporation

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

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

Aroma Scan • Manufactured by Aroma. Scan/ Osmetech • Hollis, NH • Model: A 32 S Aromascanner • Acquired in 1998

MAU-2: Focus on Inorganic Analysis • Weight: 11 Tons • Height: 11 ft. • Length: 33 ft. • Acquired in June 1992 • Laboratory Model 8 F 24 C • International Harvester 4600 Truck Chassis • Modified into Laboratory (Model 8 F 24 C) by ENG, Inc. , Concord, CA • Laboratory operates independently using an 18 KW diesel generator

MAU-2 Equipment • Inductively Coupled argon Plasma • X-Ray Fluorescence • Microwave Digester • Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Apparatus • Cold Vapor Mercury Analyzer

ICa. P-AES Spectrometer • Inductively Coupled argon Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer • Manufactured by Leeman Labs, Inc. , Hudson, NH • Model PS 1000 M • Specifically designed to operate in a mobile environment with ability to lock-down optical bench • Acquired in 1994

X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer • TX 6000 • Manufactured by Spectrace Instruments, Mountain View, CA • Acquired in 1993 • Serviced now by Thermo. Noran Instruments, Middleton, WI

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

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

Cold Vapor Mercury Analyzer • Manufactured by Buck Scientific, East Norwalk, CT • Model 400 A • Acquired in 1997

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

MAU-3 Equipment • Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (OPFTIR): • Real Time Low Molecular Weight Organic Analyses

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