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