Airzone One offers laboratory services to support ambient air, occupational health & hygiene, indoor air quality, other projects and external client activities. Our laboratory is highly specialized and organized for flexible and rapid delivery of services. Our experienced senior analysts have broad capabilities related specifically to delivery of air monitoring services.

Airzone One provides laboratory results incorporating a strict quality assurance program. The methods applied meet or surpass requirements stipulated by NIOSH, OSHA, MOL, Environment Canada, the EPA and other relevant regulatory bodies.

We are a CALA-accredited laboratory for specific tests (TSP, VOCs, PAH, Total PCBs [air & soil]), including active participation in proficiency testing programs.

Our services and instrumentation are described below. Contact us directly for specialized sampling and analysis methods to meet your specific needs.

Typical Analytical Instrumentation and Services

• HP Gas Chromatographs (GC) with cryogenic capability and options for direct gas injection for analysis of whole air samples, sample extracts from air samplers, etc.
• Flame Ionization Detection (FID) for determination of hydrocarbons (HCs) and other organic compounds.
• Flame Photometric Detection (FPD) for determination of speciated reduced sulphur compounds (RSCs).
• Electron Capture Detector (ECD) for halogenated compounds.
• HP GCs equipped with Mass Selective Detectors (MSDs) for analysis of whole air samples, and extracts from air samplers for determination of HCs, PAHs, PCBs, OCs, sulphur compounds.
• GC/MSD scan and selected ion monitoring (SIM) for identification and quantitation.
• Shimadzu GC/TCD for analysis of permanent gases (CO, CO₂, H₂, O₂, Ar, etc.)
•  UV/Visible Spectrophotometer for colorimetric procedures, formaldehyde, NO₂, etc.
• Sartorius and Mettler Analytical Balances with ± 0.005 mg precision for gravimetric analysis in a climate controlled dedicated balance room.

Other Services

• Personal Exposure Monitoring Chamber capable of generating up to 50 organic vapours for testing and developing air sampling and analytical techniques.
• Flux chambers for measuring gaseous fluxes from (land and water) surfaces.