Austria: University of Graz, IfC, Environmental and Trace Element Analysis

The main research item is the development of methods for the determination of inorganic (cations, anions) and organometallic compounds and their application to actual problems of industry, medicine, and environment. Research is performed mainly in the area of the quantification of inorganic trace elements in air, soil, water, plants, animal tissues, and human tissues. Of special interest are the development and application of methods for the identification and quantification of inorganic and organometallic trace element compounds in these matrices. The following instruments are available at the Institute for these research endeavors: UV-VIS-spectrophotometer; electroanalytical devices for polarography, voltammetry, amperometry, and potentiometry; hydride generation systems; flame atomic absorption spectrometer with Zeeman background correction; simultaneous multi-element graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer with Zeeman background correction; inductively coupled argon plasma mass spectrometer; electrospray mass spectrometer; high pressure liquid chromatographs with conductivity and element-specific detectors; capillary electrophoresis; microtomes; equipment for classical analytical methods.