PI: April Ulery
Description: We conduct standard soil, plant and water analyses for agricultural and environmental research projects.
Specific specialized equipment:
- Mars microwave assisted digestion to dissolve soils
- plants and turbid waters for total metal analysis
- Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy for metal analysis
- Technicon Autoanalyzer for Nitrate- and Ammonia-Nitrogen
- high resistance (18 ohm) water filtration unit used by the whole department for both research and teaching
Less specific equipment:
- Electrical conductivity and pH meters for water and soil extract analyses;
- Electronic balances
- Floor model centrifuge
- Fume hoods; ovens
- Water baths
- Heating blocks
- Vacuum filtration systems
