The Centre has a dedicated Analytical Services Laboratory (ASL) providing routine services to internal and external clients which is located at Hawken Engineering Building (50), Level 4 (S401/S402). It is well equipped with a wide range of analytical equipment with each system being unique and specific in nature pertaining to the intended purpose with no compromise on standard and operational capabilities.
Apart from the routine analyses, the ASL continuously adapts and develops new analytical methods around wastewater, surface water and drinking water to support researchers in their relevant research thrust areas.
- Nutrients (Ammonia, Phosphate, Nitrate, Nitrite, NOx and Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen/Phosphorous)
- Sulfur Species (Sulfide, Sulfate, Sulfite and Thiosulfate)
- Anions (Halides and Oxyanions)
- Greenhouse gases (N2O and CH4)
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Total Inorganic Carbon (TIC) and Total Nitrogen (TN)
- Metals and Metalloids
- Organics (Glucose, Di-/Hydroxy Carboxylic acids, Esters, Sulfur Compounds, Nitrophenols and Anilines)
- Volatile Fatty Acids (Homologues from Formic Acid)
- Lower alcohols (Homologues from Methanol)
- PHAs (Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV))
- Flow Injection Analyser (FIA) – LACHAT QuickChem 8500 Series 2
- Discrete Analyser (DA) – Thermoscientific Gallery Plus 862
- Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) – Thermoscientific iCAP PRO XP
- Total Organic Carbon/Total Nitrogen Analyser (TOC/TN) (2 Units) – Shimadzu TOC-L CSH
- Ion Chromatograph (IC) system with Conductivity Detector (CD) and UV Detector (UVD) (2 Units) – Dionex ICS2000 & ICS2100
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) system with Refractive Index Detector (RID), Diode Array Detector (DAD), Fluorescence Detector (FLD) – Shimadzu Prominence, UV/Vis Detector, Refractive Index Detector
- Multiple Gas Chromatograph (GC) systems with Electron Capture Detector (ECD), Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector (PFPD) and Mass Selective Detector (MSD) including CTC autosampler (6 Units) – Combination of Agilent 7890A/B Systems
Contact us
For more information including sample preparation/storage, sample size/volume, sample submission, availability of methods, etc. please contact the ASL lab at: testreports@acweb.uq.edu.au