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In Observance of U.S. Holiday, Memorial Day, Agilent Cross Lab/ iLab Operations Software Support Help Desk will be closed during U.S. hours on Monday May 29th, 2023. We will resume regular U.S. support hours on Tuesday May 30th, 2023. EU and APAC Support will remain open during this time. For urgent matters, please add "Urgent" to the ticket/ email subject or press "1", when prompted, to escalate a call on the iLab Support phone and we will prioritize those requests first.
The Core Analytical Laboratory (CAL) is a core facility located on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, and is dually operated by the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA Agricultural Research Service. We specialize in agriculturally related laboratory analyses and offer a wide variety of equipment and instrumentation as well as training and services. We offer three pricing tiers: |
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Our analytical equipment includes:
• Inductively Coupled Plasma (–AES [Agilent 4210], and –MS [Shimadzu 2030])
• Ion Chromatography [Dionex 3000, and Dionex 5000]
• Gas Chromatography (–MS [Shimadzu QP2020], FID [Agilent 6890N], ECD [Agilent 6890+])
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography [Agilent 1100]
• Accelerated Solvent Extraction [Dionex ASE 200]
• Elemental Analysis [Leco CN 928]
• Flow Injection Analysis [Astoria-Pacific]
• UV-Visible Spectrophotometry [Thermo-Spectronic Genesys 20]
• Microwave Digestion [Anton Paar Multiwave GO]
• Particle Size Analysis
• Field probes and meters (e.g., pH, EC, TDS, salinity, ORP, DO, turbidity)
Please explore our Services page for a more complete list of available services, and Contact Us if you have questions.
Sarrah Dunham-Cheatham | Director | 775-682-6486 | sarrahdc@unr.edu |
Hours | Location |
Monday - Friday 9AM - 4PM |
Agricultural Education Building 106 |
Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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Main Contact Information |
775-682-6486
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cal@unr.edu
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AE 106
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Sarrah Dunham-Cheatham |
Director
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sarrahdc@unr.edu
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FA 124
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Awadis Arslan |
Lab Manager
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aarslan@unr.edu
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AE 106
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Teshome Shenkoru |
Staff Research Associate
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tshenkoru@unr.edu
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AE 106
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