• Device Name: Ion Mobility Spectrometer
• Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS)
• Device model: IMS-400
• Made by the company: TOF Tech Pars Iran
• Operator: Farzaneh Aram-Zahra Kargar and Mehdi Farhamandzadeh (phone: 07136138127)
• scientific supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Reza Khalesi - member of the faculty of the Faculty of Agriculture (phone: 07136138127)
• Time of use: all days of the week except holidays

• Description:
• The important applications of the purchased IMS device are as follows:

1- Application in the field of chemical analysis: quantitative and qualitative measurement of chemicals, drugs and isomers.

2- Application in the analysis of food toxins: measurement of residual toxins in agricultural products, measurement of aflatoxin in pistachio and ochratoxin in licorice.

3- Medical and pharmaceutical applications: detection of some substances in blood, urine and other biological fluids (testosterone in urine, thiocyanate in saliva, methadone in human hair and breath analysis and diagnosis of some diseases)

4- Application in the field of environment: air quality control, identification and measurement of chemical gases and vapors and water quality control, determination of trihalomethane in water.

5- Application in chemical and petrochemical industries

6- Application in basic researches: thermodynamics and kinetics of ion-molecule reactions and electron binding, measurement of proton affinity and electron affinity, evaluation and confirmation of the results of quantum calculations of molecules and ions, surface absorption studies, investigation of ionization in TLC atmospheric pressure and identification of spots on Pages.

7- Application in security fields: detection and analysis of drugs, detection of explosives and chemical warfare gases.

• Samples with concentrations less than 10 ppm and in different solid, liquid and gas states are accepted for measurement.
• Location of the device: Biotechnology Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University.