INSTRUMENTATION AT ERRC

FTIR

Application: Identification and characterization of organic and inorganic compounds based on molecular vibrations.

Samples Analyzed: Microplastics, plastic additives, organic pollutants, soil organic matter, and chemical residues on solid surfaces.

MPAES

Application: Multi-element analysis to detect and quantify metals and non-metals at trace levels using nitrogen plasma.

Samples Analyzed: Digested soils, sediments, wastewater, freshwater, agricultural runoff, and biological tissues.

Microwave Assisted Digestor

Rapid acid digestion of solid and semi-solid samples to prepare them for elemental analysis.

Samples Analyzed: Soil, sediment, sludge, plant material, plastic debris, and food samples.

Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer

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Application: Quantification of total organic carbon, total inorganic carbon, and non-purgeable organic carbon in aqueous samples.

Samples Analyzed: Surface water, groundwater, industrial effluent, leachate, and sediment pore water.

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

Application: Separation, identification, and quantification of complex organic compounds, including contaminants and emerging pollutants.

Samples Analyzed: Water samples (pesticides, pharmaceutical residues), soil extracts, plant extracts, and environmental leachates.

Ball Mill

Application: Grinding and homogenization of solid samples to achieve uniform particle size before analysis.

Samples Analyzed: Soil, sediments, e-waste material, plastics, biomass, and mineral ores.

Muffle Furnace

Application:

High-temperature treatment of samples.

Pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar under controlled oxygen-limited conditions.

Determination of Loss on Ignition (LOI) to estimate organic matter or volatile content in samples.

Samples Analyzed:

Biomass (e.g., plant residues, agricultural waste) for biochar production

Auto Titrator

Application:

Performs automatic titration with high precision and reproducibility.

Measures chemical concentrations such as acidity (alkalinity), chloride content, hardness, and other analytes without manual errors.

Calculates endpoints accurately through potentiometric, photometric, or conductometric detection.

Samples Analyzed:

Water samples (surface water, groundwater, industrial wastewater) for pH, alkalinity, hardness, and chloride content.

Soil extracts for nutrient analysis (e.g., calcium, magnesium).

Chemical solutions for standardization (e.g., acids, bases).

Food and agricultural product extracts for quality control analysis.

Mechanical Shakers

Application: Provide uniform and controlled agitation of samples for mixing, extraction, and reaction purposes.

Essential for solid-liquid extraction processes (like shaking soils or sediments with solutions).

Improve sample homogenization before filtration, digestion, or analysis.

Samples Analyzed: Soil and sediment samples for nutrient or contaminant extraction.

UV-Visible (UV-Vis) Spectrophotometer

Application: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of compounds by measuring their absorbance or transmittance in the ultraviolet and visible light range.

Samples:

Water and wastewater samples (for detecting nitrates, phosphates, heavy metals complexes, organic pollutants).

Soil and sediment extracts (for nutrient analysis, organic matter detection).

Chemical solutions (for reaction kinetics, concentration determinations).