Analytical and Environmental Chemistry

Infrastructure

• Analytical Laboratory Balances (readability 0.001, 0.0001 and 0.00001 g)
• Centrifuge
• Classical methods chemical Lab. and students' educational laboratory (teaching and lab. practices in inorganic, general and analytical chemistry)
• Deionized water production resins
• Freeze Drying
• Gamma-Ray Spectrometry (Ge detector, RE-Ge Detector, low background detector shielding.)
• High Purity water production unit (Type I-ASTM-D1193-91, Resistivity 18.0 MΩ.cm)
• High Temperature Furnace
• High Vacuum pump unit
• Hydraulic Press for preparation of pellets for XRF and IR spectrometry
• Laboratory gasses (Helium, Nitrogen)
• Laboratory Washer
• Liquid Nitrogen Dewars
• Low Vacuum Pumps
• Microliter pipettes and syringes
• Microprocessor controlled nanoliter injection unit
• Microwave Digestion system (computer controlled)
• Mobile XRF / on-site measurements / non-destructive analysis
• Ovens and incubator (20-99 ^οC, 0.1 ^οC)
• Radiation Shielding (Pb) and radiation dosimeters
• Radioactive X-Ray Fluorescence annular sources (Fe-55, Cd-109, Am-241, Am-241-Sn) and shielding
• Radon detector
• Scintillation Gamma-Ray and Beta-Ray Detectors
• Shaker Rotator/Mixer
• Specialized Reagents and complexing ligands, inorganic and organic compounds
• Standard reference Materials (NIST, IAEA, Micromatter etc.)
• Thin Films (sample support, Mylar®, Kapton®, Prolene®) and sample cups
• Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF, Tube Excitation - Ag, Mo, Cu, W)
• UV-vis spectrophotometer with Diffuse and Specular Reflectance
• X-Ray Detectors, Si-Pin, Si(Li)
• X-ray Fluorescence, Energy Dispersive, (XRF, EDXRF), Tube Excitation, SDD detector, possibility of polarized excitation
• XRF Software for Quantitative Calculations Software
• X-ray tubes and mini-tube

Research and Development Projects