Hello Arndt,

We maybe interested, I need to check with my boss.

Thanks,

Jon




At 01:28 PM 4/30/2008, you wrote:
>Please excuse me for alerting our community to the availability of a 
>GCMS, a system that does not measure isotopes. Hopefully there is a 
>lab that may need a GCMS for pre-screening of samples before isotope analysis.
>We are trying to find a new home for a16 year old INCOS XL GCMS 
>system. The system includes a Varian gas chromatograph and an 8-yr 
>old "CDS Pyroprobe 2000" pyrolysis system. The mass-spectrometer and 
>its analytical peripherals are in working condition. The data system 
>is dysfunctional, but can be updated. Some companies offer 
>up-to-date data system packages for INCOS that would revive this 
>machine at moderate cost. We also have numerous parts from an 
>identical INCOS XL, for example a set of spare electronic boards, a 
>turbo pump, the mass-spectrometer body with quadrupol and ion 
>source, and many spare parts. Pictures are available on the web:
>http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/research/biogeochem/photo/incos.html
>http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/research/biogeochem/photo/gcpyro.html
>http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/research/biogeochem/photo/pyroprobe.html
>Unless we find a new owner for this system very soon, Indiana 
>University will likely dispose of it as surplus equipment or scrap. 
>I would prefer to see the GCMS in competent hands. I have no 
>authority yet from Indiana University to offer this system at a 
>certain price, but I encourage inquiries and offers. Please inform 
>your non-isotopic colleagues who may have use for a GCMS system.
>
>--
>Arndt Schimmelmann, Ph.D.
>Senior Scientist
>Indiana University
>Department of Geological Sciences
>Biogeochemical Laboratories
>1001 East 10th Street
>Bloomington, IN 47405-1405
>Ph   (812) 855-7645
>home (812) 339-3708
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>page:   http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/people/faculty2.php?n=schimmelmann
>home page of Biogeochemical Laboratories:
>http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/research/biogeochem/