Infrastructure
Laboratories
Laboratory of samples preparation
Equipment:
- ball mill Spex Sample Prep
- knife mill for biomass samples Retsch GM200 – 2 pcs.
- corundum mortar for soil samples Retsch
- laboratory drying oven SUP 100W
Function: drying, sieving and milling of soil, sediment, biomass and other samples for laboratory analysis
XRD laboratory
Equipment:
- X-ray diffractometer Bruker D5005
Function: analysis of mineralogical composition of soils and sediments using the XRD technique
Laboratory of soil micromorophology
Equipment:
- a set for saturation of soil samples Evopac Struers 4350588
- polarizing microscope Olympus BX41TF
- stereoscopic microscope SZX10 with camera
Function: analyzis of microstructure of soils and sediments
Laboratory of elemental analysis
Equipment:
- elementary analyzer (CHNS) Vario MacroCube, Elementar
- analytical balance Mettler Toledo MS105DU
- vacuum oven dryer FCD 3000
- freeze-dryer Lyowac GT2
Function: analysis of C, H, N and S contents in solid samples (soils, sediments, biomass, other), freeze-drying of samples, vacuum drying of samples
ICP laboratory
Equipment:
- inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) Avio 200, Perkin Elmer
- laboratory drying oven SUP 100W
- water deionizer
Function: analysis of elements in solutions (water, extracts, solutions after digestion) – Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Si, Sn, P, As, Sb, Bi, Se
Laboratory of digestion and extraction
Equipment:
- microwave digestion oven Milesotone EthosUp
- microwave digestion oven Milesotone EthosPlus
- laboratory drying oven SUP 100W
- analytical balance Sartorius research
- muffle furnace Gallenkamp
- laboratory centrifuge MPW-350 (2 pcs.)
- water bath with shaking Elpan35A (2 pcs.)
- flame emission photometer BWB XP
- water deionizer
- hot plate
- pipettes, dispensers, other small laboratory equipment.
Function: digestion and extraction of soil, sediment, biomass and other samples; ashing of samples
Student’s laboratory
Equipment:
- water steam distilling unit FOSS Kjeltec 8100
- water steam distilling unit Tecator 1026
- water deionizer
- laboratory drying oven SUP 100W
- pH-meter CP 505, Elmetron
- magnetic stirrer Thermo cimare
- orbital shaker
- rotatory shaker Brot20
- analytical balance Mettler Toledo AJ50
- muffle furnace CSF-1200
- pipettes, dispensers, digital burettes, laboratory balances, other small laboratory equipment.
Function: analysis of basic soil chemical and physicochemical properties
