ITC’S GEOSCIENCE LABORATORY FACILITIES

J.B. DE SMETH

FEBRUARY 2014

All ITC’s NIR and FTIR spectrometers

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ASD IR field spectrometer

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GER IR-Field Spectrometer

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FTIR spectrometer with Optosol integrating sphere for NIR and TIR

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FTIR field spectrometer for NIR and TIR reflectivity

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NEC ThermoTracer Thermal Camera

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Sample preparation for chemical and soil analysis

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Sample preparation

equipment

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Bruker D2 Phaser X-

ray difractometer

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Precision top loading electronic balance, 0.1 mg

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Aqua Regia extraction on sediment samples

in order to obtain solutions for analysis on

ICP-OES or Flame AAS

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Destruction of organic material prior to

particle size analysis in soils

Flame atomic absorption spectrometer for cation analysis

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Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer for

cation analysis from as low as 0.05 mg/l (=ppm)

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Plasma =

10.000 Degree Kelvin

Major anion analysis for water quality by UV-Vis spectrometer

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Particle size analysis to determine the percentages of sand, silt

and clay

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Total organic carbon

determination using the

Walkley Black method

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Hydraulic conductivity on undisturbed soil samples

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Practical training in water

quality analysis field tests

behind the university

campus

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Water quality field measurements

pH- EC- dissolved 0xygen meter

Turbidity meter

Arsenic field test

Seal AQ1 Discrete analyser for anion analysis in water and

destructed plant material

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Destruction block for

organic material

Portable X-ray fluorescence equipment

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Microscopes and photography facilities

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