Water Chemistry/ Chemical Properties
Characterization of the environmental conditions provides the context to understand the interaction and ecology of communities and how they respond to their environment.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory fully equipped organic chemistry laboratories include the use of gas and liquid chromatographic techniques to determine the concentrations of
- pesticides
- polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- organotin compounds
- polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- and other contaminants and their metabolites in various environmental matrices.
Capabilities in metals analyses include
- ultra-low detection limits
- radionuclide dating of sediments
- arsenic speciation
- specialized mercury analysis
- specialized sulfide analysis.
Contact: Amoret Bunn