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Types of Lab Samples Analyzed

This lab analyzes and evaluates samples for waste management and water quality. This is
a fee-based service
for university and
government agencies.

Photo: sample being measured.

Photo: a sample is in a dish ready for analysis. a blue gloved hand is holding the plate.

Analysis Preformed

These are samples of the types of analysis

The Environmental Analysis Laboratory routinely conducts analysis on the following types of samples:

  1. Water (e.g., ground water monitoring wells, drinking-well water, agricultural run-off,etc.)
  2. Waste Water (e.g., lagoon liquid, food processing, effluent, poultry processing sludge, etc.
  3. Solid Waste (e.g., poultry litter, compost, manure, etc.)
  4. Soils ( e.g., waste amended soils, background soils, etc.) 
  5. Plant tissue (e.g., Bermuda grass, corn leaf, etc.)

The procedures are mainly EPA approved wet chemistry analyses of nutrients, mineral demand, and metals. For a complete list see List of Analysis.

Analytical Procedures

See Analytical Procedures page.

Major Analysis Lab Equipment

  1. 3 dual channel Seal Autoanalyzer III systems
  2. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
  3. Leco CN Analyzers for solids
  4. Teleclyne/Apollo 200 combustion TOC analyzer
  5. Gas Chromatograph
Contact: Rachel Huie