Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Reactors or fermenters or digesters: Aerobic laboratory scale reactors; Anaerobic laboratory scale reactors; Digester apparatus; High-pressure/temperature reactors

Air samplers or collectors: Aerosol meters; Air quality dataloggers; Microbial samplers; Thermal desorption tubes

Water analyzers: Water test kits

Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters: X ray fluorescence XRF analyzers

Laboratory balances: Electrobalances

Electrophoresis system accessories: Electrophoresis tanks; Fraction collectors; Zeta meters

Water samplers: Mechanical sampling buckets; Sample jars

Soil testing kits:

Liquid scintillation counters:

Laboratory mechanical convection ovens: Environmental ovens

Titration equipment: Automatic titrators

Fluorescent microscopes:

Spectrometers: Spectroscopes

Particle size measuring apparatus: Differential mobility analyzers; Soil particle size testers

Mass spectrometers: Dual energy x ray absorptiometers

Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges: Benchtop refrigerated centrifuges; Refrigerated centrifuges

Scanning probe microscopes: Atomic force microscopes AFM; Scanning acoustic microscopes; Scanning probe microscopes SPM; Scanning tunneling microscopes STM

Organic carbon analyzers: Total organic carbon analyzers

Surface tension measuring instruments: Drop volume tensiometers; Dynamic contact angle apparatus

Ozone generator: Ozone generators

Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers: 13C nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers; Proton nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers

Laboratory funnels:

Orbital shaking water baths: Fecal coliform constant temperature shaker baths

Land drilling rigs: Small-gauge surface drilling rigs

Standard fermentation units: Fermenters

Robotic or automated liquid handling systems: Liquid handling robots

Air pumps: Aeration pumps

Flowmeters: Electronic bubble meters; Electronic pump calibrators; Mass flow meters

Laboratory box furnaces: Muffle furnaces

Multipurpose or general test tubes: Test tubes

Freeze dryers or lyopholizers: Freeze dryers

Chromatographic detectors: Photodetectors

Laboratory mixers: Mixer mills

Ozone analyzers: Ozone meters

Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers: Portable infrared spectrophotometers

Scanners: Data input scanners

Orbital shakers: Mechanical sieve shakers

Density gradient fractionators: Universal fractionators

Ultrafiltration equipment: Ultrafiltration cells

Transmission electron microscopes: Transmission electron microscopes TEM

Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers: Fluorescence detectors; Microbics toxicity analyzers

Sample oxidizer: Biological oxidizers; Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO

Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators: Laboratory mechanical convection incubators

Fume hoods or cupboards: Flow hoods

Bi distillation units: Water distillation units

Electronic counters: Particle counters

Bench refractometers or polarimeters: Interferometeric refractormeters

Rapid amplification or complementary deoxyribonucleic acid ends RACE technology products: Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment

Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers: Heated environmental chambers

Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer: Total nitrogen analyzers

Chemical absorption gas analyzers: Passive samplers

Open stream water level recorders: Cellular telemetry system water level monitors; Water level recorders

Light scattering equipment: Zeta potential analyzers

Gas chromatographs: Gas chromatographs GC

Laboratory beakers:

Benchtop centrifuges:

Dropping pipettes:

Stirring hotplates: Hot plate stirrers

Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes: Confocal Raman microscopes; Laser scanning confocal microscopes

Potentiometers:

Flame ionization analyzers: Flame ionization detectors FID

Reverse osmosis equipment: Low pressure reverse osmosis water treatment systems

Water meters: Milk meters; Vehicle tank meters

Laminar flow cabinets or stations: Laminar flow hoods

Laboratory flasks: Volumetric flasks

Vacuum or rotary evaporators: Rotavapors

Penetrometers: Pocket penetrometers

Thermal conductivity analyzers: Thermal conductivity detectors

Vortex mixers: Two-vortex mixers

Laboratory heat exchange condensers: Glassware condensers

Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers: Laboratory freezers

Laboratory bailers: Water sampling bailers

Hydrocarbons analyzers or detectors: Chlorinated hydrocarbon testing equipment; Halide meters

Heating mantles or tapes: Heating mantles

Shaking incubators: Incubator shakers

French pressure cells: French presses

Laboratory graduated cylinders: Graduated glass laboratory cylinders

Permeability testing apparatus: Infiltrometers

Sterilization cabinets: Sterilizer chambers

Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers

Laboratory adapters or connectors or fittings: Glassware adapters

Dewatering equipment: Filter press simulators

Isolation glove boxes:

Filtering machinery: Filter presses

Photo attachments for microscopes: Photomicroscopes

Extracting equipment for laboratories: Supercritical fluid extractors

Nephelometers:

Heating or drying equipment or accessories: Dessicators

Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis: Capillary electrophoresis systems

Lasers: Fiber optic visual fault locators

HEPA filtered enclosures: Biosafety cabinets

High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography: High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC with ultraviolet/visible UV/Vis absorbance detectors

Chemistry analyzers: Hemoglobin analyzers

Ultrasonic cleaning equipment: Ultrasonic cleaners

Microplate readers: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers

Steam autoclaves or sterilizers: Steam sterilizers

Ion selective electrode: Specific ion probes

Video attachments for microscopes: Video microscopes

Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers: Blenders

Global positioning system GPS receiver: Global positioning system GPS receivers

Flow injection analysis equipment: Flow injection analyzers

Hazardous material protective apparel: Personal protective suits

Air velocity and temperature monitors: Air flow calibrators

Laboratory safety furnaces: Oxidation furnaces

Binocular light compound microscopes:

Optical diffraction apparatus: Particle size analyzers

Leak testing equipment: Smoke generating tubes

Soil core sampling apparatus: Grab samplers

Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers: Respirometers

Darkfield microscopes: Phase contrast microscopes

Laboratory vacuum pumps:

Calorimeters:

Anemometers: Thermoanemometers

Microscope slides:

Microcentrifuges: Microhematocrit centrifuges

Photometer: Aerosol photometers

Dissolved oxygen meters: Dissolved oxygen monitors

Respirators: Half-face respirators; Respirator hose masks

Peristaltic pumps:

Mainframe computers:

Inverted microscopes:

Laboratory centrifugal pumps:

Notebook computers: Laptop computers

pH meters: pH monitors

Digital cameras:

Ion chromatographs: Ion chromatography equipment

Gel documentation systems:

Laser printers: Computer laser printers

Thermocouples:

Ultra pure water systems:

Spectrophotometers:

Ion selective electrode ISE meters:

Water baths:

Magnetic stirrers:

Turbidimeters: Turbidity monitors

Atomic absorption AA spectrometers: Neutron spectrometers

Desktop computers:

Analytical balances: Electronic balances

Personal computers:

Reciprocating pumps:

Conductivity meters:

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