Shimadzu 5000 TOC Analyzer Resource Page

Intro

In EVE we have several Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzers. These include a series of Shimadzu instruments as well as older Dohrmann and Beckman units. The Shimadzu 5000 has historically been the general purpose high-sensitivity analyzer of choice. For studies were TN is required, please consider the TOCV, and for continuous monitoring the 4000 must be used.

Operation & Maintenance

• Instrument
  • Easy Operation Guide; by UMass EVE researchers
  • Instrument Operation Manual: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, from Shimadzu Corp
• Catalyst
• High level vs low level
• Software
• Instrument Software Manual: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, from Shimadzu Corp

Relevant Methods and SOPs

• Total Organic Carbon Analysis; from UMass EVE.

Fundamentals of TOC

• Slides from CEE 772

Unit Identifiers

Users

• Ken Mercer, Boning Liu, Cynthia Castellon, Kirsten Studer