Urban water management and water quality laboratory
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Please note that the lecture Water Chemistry with the corresponding practical course cannot be offered in winter semester 24/25.
Laboratory equipment
A SPECTROBLUE from Spectro is available, equipped with an autosampler (ASX-260) and a hydride system (ASX-260).
This is used for the quantitative determination of metal cations in water, sludge and soil samples.
A cavity ring-down spectroscope from Picarro is used to determine the stable water isotopes deuterium(2H) and oxygen-18(18O).
A DIMATOC® 2000 from Dimatec can be used to determine the total organic carbon (TOC) in water samples and the total nitrogen bound (TNb).
The determination of anions such as fluoride, chloride, bromide and sulphate as well as organic acids is carried out with a Metrohm Compact 761 including dialysis and autosampler.
A Lachat QC8500 Ser 2 with automatic dilution unit is available for analyzing up to 50 aqueous samples per day for ammonium, nitrate, nitrite and/or phosphate.
The laboratory has several photometers, including a Cary 100 dual-beam photometer with 1 cm cell holder from Agilent. A Hach Lange DR 3900 spectrophotometer is available for analyzing LCK cuvette tests from Hach. Devices for determining turbidity are also available.
A Biostat® B-DCU system from Sartorius with a maximum working volume of 3 x 10.5 L can be used to carry out laboratory tests.
Various stirring plates and shakers are available for tests with permanent sample mixing.
In addition to the equipment mentioned above, the laboratory also has the following equipment:
- Leica DM 5500 B microscope with optics and fluorescence equipment
- SI Analytics TL alpha plus and SI Analytics Titronic T500-M2 titrators
- Laboratory microwave Mars 6 from CEM
- Centrifuges, including Multifuge X1-R from Thermo Scientifique
- Various pH meters, conductivity meters and oxygen meters
Contact person
Dr. rer. nat. Julian Zinke (Laboratory management)
- Telephone
- +49 561 804-3468
- julianzinke[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
- Website
- Urban water management
- Location
- Gartenstraße 92
34125 Kassel
- Room
- Old company building, 1st floor, room 1170