Contamination of solid and liquid matrices

The issue of solid and liquid matrices contamination focuses on determination of the amount of examined substance in respective matrix and its effect on ambient environment. Regarding construction materials, their composition and potential release of pollutants into ambient environment is studied. Regarding liquid matrices, the monitored substances include water samples and water extracts of solid samples. Regarding solid matrices, soils, sediments, aerosol particles in the air, construction materials (asphalts, concretes), and biota samples, e.g. coniferous needles, mosses, lichens, leaves, etc., are monitored. Before analyses, solid samples are treated with the use of Retsch devices, including a jaw crusher, sieve shaker, mixer mill, and sample divider. Furthermore, the samples are prepared for analyses with the use of extraction devices, microwave digestion, etc. A gas chromatograph with mass detection GC MS/MS Triple Quadrupole 7000C by Agilent Technologies is used for determination of organic pollutant concentrations. A device 8800 ICP-QQQ-MS by Agilent Technologies is used for determination of inorganic substance concentrations, including heavy and platinum metals. In addition, we use a spectrophotometer Spectroquant® Prove 300, infrared spectrometer with Fourier transformation iS5, Nicolet, organic and elementary carbon analyser, ecotoxicological tests, etc.

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Projects

  • Road run off pollution management and mitigation of environment risks – Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR),
  • Low-cost sensors application for air quality measurements related to traffic measures,
  • City parks as quality social and natural environment for life– R&D TAČR,
  • Centre for effective and sustainable transport infrastructure – Environment protection and green transport infrastructure – R&D TAČR,
  • Integrated monitoring system for contamination of the environment by transport – R&D TAČR,
  • Environment protection and green transport infrastructure – R&D TAČR,
  • Inorganic analysis of liquid samples– Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences,
  • Complex interaction between natural processes and industry, taking into account prevention of serious accidents and crisis management – R&D Ministry of the Environment,
  • Morphology, chemical and toxicological characteristic of road dust and suspended dust particles, including origin source identification– R&D Ministry of the Environment,
  • Study on transport development in relation to the environment – Ministry of the Environment,
  • Measurements of metals in exposed air filters– Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences,
  • Chemical analyses of PM elements in fractions PM1, PM2,5 a PM10 – Žilina University,
  • Determination of Pt, Pd, Rh, Sb, Ru, Y and S in plant samples – commissioned by T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute.,
  • Determination of Pt, Pd, Rh, Sb, Ru, Y and S in plant and soil samples – commissioned by T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute,
  • Influence of highways and motorways on rainfall-runoff relations and their impact on water bodies pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy – R&D Ministry of the Environment,
  • Quantification of specific pollution impact on degradation of materials and anti-corrosion protection in tunnels – R&D TA ČR,
  • Direct determination of platina metals in environmental samples by inductively coupled plasma method with mass detection – Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports,
  • Ecological education in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine – TEMPUS, EU,
  • Distribution of elements in various size fractions of nanoparticles and their season variations – Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

Services

  • determination of organic pollutant concentrations in samples of solid and liquid matrices (PAH, or NES, PCB) by method GC – MS,
  • determination of concentrations of elements, including platinum metals, in samples of solid and liquid matrices by method ICP-MS,
  • determination of chloride loading of water samples and water extracts of solid samples by a device Spectroquant® Prove,
  • performance of ecotoxicological tests,
  • determination of carbon content (elementary, organically bound, and inorganic),
  • statistical processing of results and their interpretation.