ANALYTICAL FACILITES

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS
	Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (UNE-EN 1484:1997) Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) – Closed reflux and colorimetric analysis method (UNE-EN 77004:2002) Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) – Manometric method (Oxitop) (UNE-EN 1899:1998) Ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) – Destillation unit (UNE-EN 77028:2002) pH, conductivity and turbidity analyzers Ion chromatographs with chemical suppression (IC) for the simultaneously determination of anions and cations. Induced coupled plasma with spectroscopy mass detector (ICP-MS) – 7500ce (Agilent Technologies) FT-IR spectrometer Biological safety cabinet (Nuaire), Sterilization autoclaves, Incubator ovens, Petri dishes rotator / Incubing shaker, Quanti-Tray® sealer and Fluorescence analysis cabinet (IDEXX) for the quantification of total coliform and E. coli.
CHROMATOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
	Sample Preparation Digestion/Extraction techniques: advanced microwave digestion system, automated Soxhlet extraction unit, solid phase extraction, … Clean-Up techniques: Power Prep system Concentration techniques: TurboVap concentration workstation, rotary evaporator Liofilizator Filtration systems
	Liquid Chromatography HPLC/MS/MS – High performance liquid chromatograph equipped with triple quadrupole mass detector IC – Ion Chromatographs with chemical supression HPLC/PDA – High performance liquid chromatograph with photodiode array detector For the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (UNE-ISO 16362:2006); inorganic ions (Cl-, SO42-, NO2-, NO3-, PO43-, Na+, K+, Mg2+, …) (UNE-EN 10304:2009); carboxylic organic acids (acetic, formic, oxalic); emerging micropollutants (antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides); proteins separation (casein, bovine serum albumin, ovalbumin)
	Gas Chromatography High resolution gas chromatograph HRGC-HRMS GC/MS – Gas chromatograph with spectroscopy mass detector GC/FID – Gas chromatograph equipped with flame ionization detector For the determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)(UNE-ISO 15009:2008); volatile halogenated hydrocarbons, included trihalomethanes (THMs) (UNE-EN 10301:1998); volatile aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX)(UNE-ISO 15009:2008); total petrol hydrocarbons (TPHs) (ISO 16703:2004)
SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES
	Spectrophotometer UV/vis FT-IR spectrometer (ICP/MS) Induced coupled plasma with spectroscopy mass detector, located in clean room, for the determination of elements (ppb) Microwave Digestion System
SPECTROMETRY PLASMA MICROWAVE
	Plasma Microwave Spectrophotometer for the determination of elements in organic and aquous solutions (ppm).
SOLID CHARACTERIZATION
	Thermobalance DTG-60H (Shimadzu) simultaneous DTA – TG apparatus BET Surface Area Measurement Analyzer Optical stereo-microscope 130x coupled to photo and video camera with fluorescence detector Zeta-sizer Nano ZS Osmometer