Environmental Chemistry Analysis Laboratory

Environmental chemistry focuses on the presence and impact of chemicals in soil, surface water and groundwater. The more we understand about the environmental impacts of these chemicals, the better we can develop tools and strategies to minimise and remove their harms.

Our Environmental Chemistry Analysis Laboratory (ECAL) allows students, researchers and businesses to identify and analyse chemicals and biochemicals in air, soil and water.

The Environmental Chemistry Analysis Laboratory (ECAL) holds British Assessment Bureau ISO 9001:2008 accreditation.

Equipment and amenities

EquSEAL Analytical QuAAtro autoanalyser
Spectror competitive aroblue Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer
Thermo Flash 2000 Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen and Sulphur analyser
Trilogy Fluorometer
Conductivity, temperature and depth Sondes
Agilent Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometer
Agilent 6400 series Triple Quad Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
MARS Microwave Assisted Digester

Our equipment can identify and analyse substances including:

Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur
Elemental analysis including metals
Chlorophyll and pheophytin
Nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, dissolved silicon and ammonium
Water quality and physico-chemical properties
Organic compounds such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids

Contact us

If you're from a business, university or other organisation and would like to use our analytical chemistry and consultancy services, please contact us by emailing ecal@port.ac.uk.

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