Waters, Effluents and Saline Solutions

• Elemental Content determined by ICP-OES and ICP-MS
• Chloride, sulphate, fluoride content
• Nitrogen, nitrate and nitrite content
• Carbon content
• Carbonate/bicarbonate(alkalinity)
• Ammonia and phosphate content
• pH
• Isotope analysis for O, Sr, Pb
• Speciated Al content
• Endocrine disrupting compounds (alkylphenols and phthalates)

Plant Material and Animal Feeding Stuffs

• Elemental content (Ca, Mg, K, P and Al)
• C and N, and Kjeldahl N content
• Isotope analysis for N, C, O, Mg, K and Ca
• Alkane content
• Amino acid content
• Organic acids and mono- and di- saccharide content
• Fatty acid methyl ester content
• Condensed tannins and phenolic analysis
• Lignin, neutral and acid detergent fibre analysis

Soils and Geological Materials

• Electron microscopy examination;
• Available nutrients (Ca, Mg, K and P extractable in 0.43M acetic acid)
• Exchangeable cations, acidity and exchange capacity
• Phosphorus content
• pH (water and CaCl2)
• Particle size distribution
• C, N and inorganic C content
• Moisture content, loss on ignition (900°C & 450°C)
• Bulk and fine Earth Density of Soils
• Isotope analysis for Pb, Sr, C, N, Sm-Nd
• Endocrine disrupting compounds (alkylphenols and phthalates)
• Phospholipid fatty acid analysis
• Polychlorinated biphenyl content
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content Pesticide content

Elemental concentrations using:

• Hydrofluoric acid
• Aqua regia’ ,nitric acid digest
• Microwave-assisted digestion
• Metaborate fusion

Animal Tissues and Products

• Alkane Analysis
• Endocrine disrupting compound (alkylphenols and phthalates)
• Electron microscopy examination
• Se content

Gaseous Samples

• Isotope analysis of C and O
• Characterisation of volatile organics

Commercial Specific

• BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes)
• THMs (trihalomethanes)
• PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
• THC, TPHs, PRO, DRO (total hydrocarbons, total petroleum hydrocarbons, petrol range organics, diesel range organics)
• VFAs (volitile fatty acids) and other carboxylic acids
• Drilling fluid analysis
• THMs (trihalomethanes)
• PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and total PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls)
• Alkyl phenols
• Organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides
• Hexachlorobenzene, pentachlorophenol
• Triazine herbicides Total aromatics content of waters and oils
• Sulphate analysis of cements (EN 196-2)
• Liquid density
• Chemical oxygen demand
• Leaching compliance tests

Characterisation of:

• Production chemicals
• Formation and production water
• Scales, waxes and sludges
• Corrosion inhibitors and products