KIOWA ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
LABORATORY
Procedure Manual
Mountain
Research Station &
Niwot
Ridge/Green Lakes Valley Long-Term Ecological Research
List of Procedures
Overview: Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Methods
pH: Accumet AR10 pH
Meter
Conductivity:
Mettler Toledo
Acidity:
Gran Titration
Acid
Neutralizing Capacity (ANC): Gran Titration
Lachat QuikChem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer: Operating Procedure
orthoPhosphate (PO4 3-):
Lachat QuikChem 8000 Flow
Injection Module
Total
Phosphorus/Total Dissolved Phosphorus (TP/TDP): Lachat
QuikChem 8000 Flow Injection Analyzer
OI
Analytical Flow Solution IV Analyzer: Operating Procedure
Ammonium
(NH4+): OI Analytical Flow Solution IV Analyzer
Nitrite (NO2-): OI Analytical Flow Solution IV Analyzer
Nitrate + Nitrite (NO3- + NO2-): OI Analytical Flow Solution IV Analyzer
Total
Nitrogen/Total Dissolved Nitrogen(TN/TDN):
OI Analytical Flow Solution IV Analyzer
Silica
(Si): OI Analytical Flow Solution IV
Analyzer
Microbial
Nitrogen: OI Analytical Flow Solution IV Analyzer
Anions
(Cl-, NO3-, SO4 2-): Metrohm 761 Compact Metrosep A
Supp 5 Ion Chromatography Analyzer
Perkin Elmer Model AAnalyst 100
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer: Operating Procedure
Calcium
(Ca 2+): Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 100 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Magnesium (Mg 2+): Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 100 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Sodium
(Na+): Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 100 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Potassium
(K+): Perkin Elmer AAnalyst
100 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Manganese
(Mn): Perkin
Elmer AAnalyst 100 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Non-Purgable Organic Carbon (NPOC): Shimadzu TOC-5050A
Total Organic Carbon Analyzer
Water Sample Collection Protocol:
Water Sample Filtration Protocol:
KIOWA
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Page
Contact
Mark Williams at markw@snobear.colorado.edu
or
Chris Seibold at seiboldc@colorado.edu
with questions or comments.
Web Page created by Jake Cukjati
Last Modified by
Chris Seibold 8 May 2007