Instrumentation
- ICP-OES 2100 DV Perkin Elmer
- Spectrophotometer UV/VIS Philips/Unicam
- Carmhograph C-16 Carbon Analyzer
- LECO Truspec CHN + S-Add-On Elemental Analyzer
- portable XRF Thermoscientific Niton XLt3
- XRD Rigaku Miniflex 600
- Minolta CM 2500d spectroscopic colour analysis
- Bartington MS2 for the determination of the magenetic susceptibility
-
LS 13320 PIDS Beckman Coulter paricle size analyzer
Description
ICP-OES 2100 DV PERKIN ELMER functional principle: Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES) field of application: aqueous solutions, solids after chemical extraction determination of: major elements, trace elements ( e.g. Zn, Pb, Cd, Cu) effective range: ppm-ppb weighted sample: up to 3 g of solids for chemical extraction UV/VIS spectral photometer functional principle: spectral photometer field of application: aqueous solutions, solids after chemical extraction determination of: Cations and anions from the acid digestion solutions
(solids) and aqueous sampleseffective range: ppm weighted sample: up to 3 g of solids for chemical extraction Carmhograph C-16 Carbon Analyzer functional principle: extraction by combustion (1000°C in O2-atmosphere) for
TC-determination (Total Carbon); TIC-determination (Total Inorganic Carbon) by extraction with hot phosphoric acid (70°C) and
quantification of the evolved CO2 in 20 ml of a 0.05 N NaOH solution by conductivityfield of application: solids, liquids determination of: TC (Total Carbon); TIC (Total Inorganic Carbon);
TOC (Total Organic Carboneffective range: 0 bis 50 mg Cabsolut weighted sample: bis 2500 mg LECO TruspecCHN + S-Add-On Elemental Analyzer functional principle: Extractionby combustion in O2 atmosphere (950°C for C,
H, N; 1450°C for S) and subsequent detection with IR-spectrometry (C, H, S)
and thermal conductivity (N)field of application: solids, liquids, and paste-like samples determination of: Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), Nitrogen (N) and Sulphur (S) effective range: C = 50 ppm up to 50 % (@ 500 mg)
H = 200 ppm up to 50 % (@ 500 mg)
N = 50 ppm up to 100 % (@ 500 mg)
S = 0,001 up to 20 % (@ 350 mg)weighted sample: up to 1,5 g portable XRF Analyzer Thermoscientific Niton XLt3 functional principle: energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis field of application: Major, minor, and trace elements (non-destructive) determination of: K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr,
Y, Zr, Pb, Th, U in solid sampleseffective range: ppm bis % X-Ray Diffractometer Rigaku Miniflex 600 functional principle: Analysis of the X-Ray diffraction field of application: solids (sediments, rocks) determination of: semiquantitative determination of the mineralogic composition effective range: from ca. 2 % weighted sample: powdered samples Minolta CM 2500d spectroskopic colour analysis functional principle: spectroscopic colour analysis field of application: solid samples determination of: colour composition; colour space, and colorimetric data effective range: 360 nm to 740 nm; 10 nm resolution Bartinton MS2 for the dtermination of the magnetic susceptibility functional principle: Spool measurement field of application: solid samples, solids determination of: the magnetizability of matter in a defined magentic field (Kappa: κ) effective range: -0.9 to 9999 volumetric susceptibility (κ) (dimensionless) weighted sample: sediment cores (Sensor MS2C); single samples with defined volume (powdered samples;
(Sensor MS2B)LS 13320 PIDS Beckmann Coulter Laser particle size analyzer functional principle: Laser diffraction field of application: single samples, sediments determination of: particle size effective range: 17 nm – 2000 µm weighted sample: ca. 0.5 to 5.0 g other instrumentation for sediment and soil sample preparation
- 2 micro-wave extraction systems MLS ETHOS and MLS 1200 MEGA
- Behro-Test extraction system
- Multifuge 4KR Heraeus centrifuge
- Laboratory centrifuge
- 2 vibrating cup mill for grinding and homogenizing samples
- severeal dry ovens,
- ultrasonic baths
- laboratory sand-bathseveral balances from 1 mg to 1.5 kg
- Atterberg-cylinder for Pipette-Analysis
- sieving machine
- freeze dryingshaking devicechemical water treatment Milli-Q Advantage A10 Millipore
field equipment for sampling
- closed driving core drilling system (1 m probe head) up to 18 m drilling depth
- open driving core drilling system (1 m and 2 m probe heads) up to 18 m depth
- several Pürckhauer (1 m probe heads)
- 2 Wacker-hammer; 1 Stck. COBRA hammerr
- UWITEC – Corer (sediment corer for limnic sediments up to 1 m length) for water depths up to 100 m
- several grab-sampler
other equipment for field work
- GSSI SIR-3000 Ground-Penetrating Radar with 200 MHz- and 400 MHz-antennas ; MLF 3200 (Multiple Low Frequency) antenna
- Tachymeter LEICA TCR405 ultra
- differentials GPS-System
a) LEICA SR20
b) ASHTEC/Magellan
- Octokopter AscTec Falcon8 – automated drone with mounting system for cameras
Infrastructure
Haus B
- laboratory rooms and 3 offices
- 4 sedimentary laboratory rooms for sampling, preparation and measuring (BK041, BK042, B033, B035)
- 3 analytical laboratory rooms:
- ICP-OES, Photometry (B235)
- Elemental Analyzer (B109)
- XRD-Analytics (B006)
- 1 extraction laboratory (B110)
Haus K
- 2 laboratories and 1 office:
- KK 68 preparation
- KK 70 microscopic petrography
Haus R
- 1 laboratory
- R28