Laboratory Infrastructure and Analytical Parameters
Quality Management Representative
LM-Chem. Petra Bröcking
Deputy Quality Management Representative
Raffaela Ratta, B. Sc.
Analytical Parameters
Our range of services includes, among others:
- Heavy metals and metalloids:
Heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel, uranium and metalloids such as arsenic - Elements, cations and anions:
e.g. Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Al, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate - Sum parameters:
e.g. TOC, AOX, COD, BOD - Routine parameters:
e.g. pH, conductivity, temperature, acid capacity, turbidity, coloration - Organic compounds:
Volatile organic compounds (e.g. VOC, SVOC, MVOC),
Chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g. CHCs, THMs),
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, EPA PAHs),
Perfluorinated compounds (e.g. PFOS, PFOA),
Chlorinated aromatic compounds such as PCBs and dioxins - Plant protection products:
e.g. herbicides, insecticides - Surfactants, dissolved oxygen
- Microbiological parameters:
e.g. colony count at 22°C or 36°C, E. coli, coliform bacteria, enterococci, somatic coliphages, Legionella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Limnological parameters:
e.g. plankton, “algae”, cyanobacterial toxins, chlorophyll - Moulds:
Screening analyses, diagnostics - Asbestos and synthetic mineral fibres:
e.g. chrysotile asbestos, weakly and strongly bound asbestos, MMF
Our list of flexibly accredited test methods provides you with an additional overview of our range of services. You can find it in the Accreditation section.
As this overview represents only an excerpt of our range of analyses, we are always happy to assist you with specific questions regarding individual parameters or tests.
Analytical instruments
Our laboratories are equipped with a modern infrastructure and high-performance, high-precision analytical instruments. We continuously keep our equipment up to date to ensure reliable service in accordance with the current state of the art.
A selection of our key analytical methods includes, among others:
- Element-specific analysis:
ICP-MS, ICP-OES, AAS - High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC):
HPLC-UV, HPLC-DAD, HPLC-fluorescence, HPLC/MS, UHPLC/MS-MS - Gas chromatography (GC):
GC-FID, GC-ECD, GC/MS, GC/MS-MS - Air and dust analysis::
Impactors, dust and air sample analyses - Microscopic analyses::
Scanning electron microscopes (SEM) with electron microprobes, high-performance optical microscopes with image analysis - Microbiological analysis:
Standard bacteriological methods, diagnostics of bacteria and fungi - Sensory laboratories
- Routine and sum parameter analysis:
Chemical, physical, photometric, gravimetric and titrimetric methods, analysis of COD, BOD, TOC
Analytik von CSB, BSB, TOC - Limnological analysis
- Ecotoxicological tests:
In vitro assays (including aquatic test systems) - Mobile analysis and sampling techniques:
Mobile analytical instruments, sampling devices and vehicles
To prevent cross-contamination, we operate spatially separated sample receipt and sample preparation laboratories for different types of samples, including drinking water, wastewater, soils and materials of all kinds.