Wet & prep Chemistry

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

last updated: April 9, 2025

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Wet & prep Chemistry

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

@ Section 3.2 Organic and Earth Surface Geochemistry

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Organic-geochemical Laboratories laboratory complex
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Description

The preparation laboratory includes facilities for the extraction of the soluble organic matter from sediments, sedimentary rocks, coals, microbial cultures and water samples using flow-blending-extraction and ultrasonic-extraction tools. Further, medium pressure liquid chromatography is used to separate extracts into different fractions of polarity (aliphatic, aromatic and polar NSO fraction) as well as preparative HPLC and GC.

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Gas chromatography - specifically gas-liquid chromatography - involves a sample being vapourised and injected onto the head of the chromatographic column. The sample is transported through the column by the flow of inert, gaseous mobile phase. The column itself contains a liquid stationary phase which is adsorbed onto the surface of an inert solid. (Source: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16.3 [...] )
GC - Gas Chromatograph
The High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is one method for identifying various phytoplankton groups in water samples by using pigments as chemotaxonomic markers. HPLC also has a wide variety of applications in separation, identification, purification, and quantification of various compounds. See: http://kerouac.pharm.uky.edu/ASRG/HPLC/hplcmytry.html (Source: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16.3 [...] )
HPLC - High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
MPLC - Medium Pressure Liquid Chromatograph
Soxhlet Extractor
ASE - Accelerated Solvent Extractor

Analytical Methods

Gas chromatography - specifically gas-liquid chromatography - involves a sample being vapourised and injected onto the head of the chromatographic column. The sample is transported through the column by the flow of inert, gaseous mobile phase. The column itself contains a liquid stationary phase which is adsorbed onto the surface of an inert solid.
Column chromatography in which the mobile phase is a gas. (Note 1: Gas chromatography is always carried out in a column.) (Source: IUPAC; https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-0111) (Source: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16.3 [...] )
GC - Gas Chromatography
The High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is one method for identifying various phytoplankton groups in water samples by using pigments as chemotaxonomic markers. HPLC also has a wide variety of applications in separation, identification, purification, and quantification of various compounds. See: http://kerouac.pharm.uky.edu/ASRG/HPLC/hplcmytry.html
Chromatography in which the mobile phase is a liquid. Note 2: Liquid column chromatography utilizing small particles (2–20 μm) and a relatively high inlet pressure (up to 50 MPa (500 bar)) is often characterized by the term high-performance liquid chromatography, and the acronym HPLC. (Source: IUPAC; https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-0111) (Source: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16.3 [...] )
HPLC - High Performance Liquid Chromatography
MPLC - Medium Pressure Liquid Chromatography
Leaching with fresh solvent cycled multiple times through a fine solid sample contained in a porous thimble. The extraction solvent is cycled in a continuous-discrete process by distillation, condensation and siphoning. Extracted material accumulates in the distillation flask. (Source: IUPAC; https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0903)
Soxhlet Extraction
ASE - Accelerated Solvent Extraction

Laboratory Keywords

In addition to the instruments and analytical methods listed above, these keywords help to describe the work done in the laboratory. This may include the type of samples, standard materials, specific preparative or analytical methods and specific instrument characteristics.

Column Chromatography
Flow Blending Extraction
Preparative GC
Preparative HPLC
Ultrasonic Extraction

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Geoscience > Geochemistry > Geochemistry
Geochemistry

The Research Network for Geosciences in Berlin and Potsdam

Wet & prep Chemistry

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

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