Business Profile
- Inorganic compound technologies:
- Research and synthesis of inorganic phosphorus compounds.
- Research and synthesis of inorganic sulfur compounds.
- Research and synthesis of inorganic silicon compounds.
- Soda technology.
- Fertilizers:
- Liquid and granular fertilizers.
- Special use fertilizers.
- Technologies for recovery of useful substances from solid waste and wastewater.
- Industrial waste disposal technologies.
- Unit operations research:
- Concentration of solutions.
- Crystallization from solution (selection of crystallization parameters and crystallizers).
- Separation of suspended solids in liquids (selection of filtration parameters and equipment on an industrial scale).
- Granulation of bulk materials and pastes.
- Briquetting.
- Drying of solid materials.
- Spray drying of solutions, suspensions and pastes.
- Stabilization of suspensions and emulsions.
Apparatus
- Installation for testing the crystallization process.
- Glass and metal reactors with heating, cooling and mixing systems of different capacities.
- METTLER TOLEDO RC1e reaction calorimeter with RTCal sensor, pH probe and FBRM probe (measurements of reaction progress, determination of reaction kinetics, actual heat of reaction).
- CARL PADBERG CENTRIFUGEN BAU LS sedimentation centrifuge.
- Laboratory Outotec Larox PF 0.1 filter (studies of the process of separation of suspended solids by pressure filtration).
- PAAR autoclave (studies of chemical processes and reactions taking place under conditions of elevated pressure and temperature).
- Mixer/granulator from EIRICH (wide spectrum of use for dry and wet solid materials with very different characteristics, homogenization of materials with the desired granulation and moisture content).
- Nano-ZS analyzer model ZEN3600 Malvern Instruments Ltd. UK (characterization of colloidal solutions and fine-molecule suspensions, studies of nanocompounds).
- GEMINI VII 2390 A MICROMETRICS solids specific surface area analyzer (specific surface area analysis of powders and solids by single-point Langmuir and multi-point BET methods).
- AWPMA’s die press (briquette making).
- ERWEKA granule strength testing apparatus.
- METTLER TOLEDO DSC 822e differential scanning calorimeter.
- Gradient ion chromatograph ISC-5000, Dionex.
- ICP-OES inductively coupled plasma excitation emission spectrometer – iCAP 7000 Duo, Thermo Scientific.
- Single-beam Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometer – Nicolet 380, Thermo Scientific.
- Shimadzu TOC-L analyzer (carbon analysis in liquid and solid samples).
- Spray dryer.
Manager
Deputy manager
Analytical section
Business Profile
Specialized research in chemical analysis and qualitative testing, tailored to the individual needs of clients in various industries and science:
- Elemental (elemental) analysis – qualitative and quantitative, carried out at different concentration levels (macro- and micronutrients) using both classical methods and advanced instrumental techniques.
- Determination of analytes in diverse matrices: inorganic, organic and organic-mineral, as well as in raw materials, intermediates and finished products.
- Identification and quality control of inorganic and organic compounds, including substance identity testing for chemical registration under REACH.
- Analytical control of technological processes; improvement of known, as well as development and validation of new methods for the determination of analytes.
Research Apparatus:
- Optical emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma excitation (ICP-OES) – simultaneous determination of elements at trace and micro levels.
- Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) – identification of organic and inorganic compounds based on characteristic infrared absorption bands.
- High performance ion chromatography (HPIC) – determination of trace anions in liquid samples and solutions.
- Total organic carbon (TOC) analysis – thermal oxidation on a platinum catalyst and infrared detection to control carbon content in liquid and solid samples.
- Electrochemical methods using ion-selective electrodes – determination of the content of typical inorganic ions (F, Br, Na, K) in solutions.
- Classical methods (volumetry, gravimetry, others with the status of reference methods) – determination of macronutrient content.
Head of Analytical Section
Dr. Magdalena Turkowska, Eng.
32 231 30 51 w. 247
Place of business
11 Sowińskiego St.
44-101 Gliwice