Earth & Environment
Analysis Laboratory
School of Earth and Environment (M004)
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009
Email:
chris.brouwer@uwa.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 6488 7185
WATER QUALITY
Price ($AUD ex. GST)
ANALYSIS
Dissolved Nutrients
o
o
o
Ammonium (N-NH4)
Phosphate (P-PO4)
Nitrates (N-NOx)
$25.001
o
Nitrite (N-NO2)
$15.00
Total Nutrients (or Total Dissolved Nutrients)
o
o
Total Nitrogen
Total Phosphorous
$25.001
Chlorophyll
o
Chlorophyll-a and Pheophytin-a by fluorescence
$12.00
o
Chlorophyll-a,b,c by absorption
$18.00
o
Sample Filtering for chlorophyll analysis onto 47mm GF/F
$8.00
Trace Element Analysis (fresh, brackish, seawater, extracts)
o
ICP-OES Analysis
(refer to Table 4.1 for available elements and detection limits)
$10.00 + $1.00/element
o
ICP-OES Sample Preparations
$POA
routinely run together, single price inclusive of all analytes
See TABLE 4.2 for individual parameter methods and accuracies
All samples are subject to preparation parameters, depending on required method. Ask technician for these details at time of quote.
All prices stated are per sample and exclude GST and all orders are subject to minimum charge of $100
TABLE 4.1 : A list of all elements and their detection limits (mg/L) available for analysis on ICP-OES
Element
mg/L
Element
mg/L
Element
mg/L
Element
mg/L
Ag
Al
As
B
Ba
Be
Bi
Ca
Cd
Ce
0.007
0.015
0.010
0.040
0.005
0.0002
0.015
0.060
0.001
0.009
Cr
Cu
Fe
Ga
Gd
Ge
Hf
K
La
Mg
0.005
0.003
0.002
0.040
0.002
0.004
0.003
0.100
0.001
0.020
Mo
Na
Nb
Ni
P
Pb
Rb
S
Sc
Se
0.008
0.050
0.004
0.003
0.020
0.010
0.050
0.060
0.001
0.020
Sr
Ta
Th
Ti
U
V
W
Zn
Y
Zr
0.002
0.020
0.002
0.004
0.040
0.004
0.002
0.010
0.0003
0.002
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Co
0.002
Mn
0.003
Si
0.040
OTHER ANALYTES
Price ($AUD ex. GST)
o
pH
$5.00
o
Conductivity
$5.00
o
Total Alkalinity
$15.00
o
Turbidity
$5.00
o
CDOM (FDOM)
$POA
o
Total Suspended Solids
$10.00
o
Total Dissolved Solids
$10.00
o
Volatile Suspended Solids (includes total suspended solids)
$18.00
o
Dissolved Organic Carbon (NPOC)
$25.00
o
Total Carbon (TC)
$25.00
o
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC)
$25.00
o
Total Organic Carbon (TC-DIC)
$40.00
o
Chloride
$8.00
o
Sulfate
$10.00
o
Ferrous Iron (Fe2+)
$10.00
o
Filtering (0.45µm filter syringe)
$5.00
See TABLE 4.2 for individual parameter methods and accuracies
All samples are subject to preparation parameters, depending on required method. Ask technician for these details at time of quote.
All prices stated are per sample and exclude GST and all orders are subject to minimum charge of $100
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TABLE 4.2 : A list of the Earth and Environmental Analysis Laboratories individual parameters, including
their associated methods and technique accuracies
Parameter
Dissolved Ammonium
Dissolved (ortho) phosphate
Dissolved Nitrates
Dissolved Nitrite
Dissolved Nitrate
Total Nitrogen
Total Phosphorous
Chlorophyll-a and Pheophytin-a
Chlorophyll-a,b,c
pH
Conductivity
Total Alkalinity
Turbidity
CDOM(FDOM)
Total Suspended Solids
Total Dissolved Solids
Volatile Suspended Solids
Dissolved Organic Carbon (NPOC)
Total Carbon (TC)
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC)
Total Organic Carbon
Chloride
Sulfate
Ferrous Iron (Fe2+)
Filtration
Filtration (Chlorophyll)
2
Method Summary
Flow injection Analysis (FIA), Alkaline Phenate method
FIA, Molybdenum blue method
FIA using cadmium reduction of nitrate to nitrite then
diazotization
FIA Diazotization (no reduction of nitrate)
Subtraction of nitrite from nitrates concentration
Persulfate Digestion followed by FIA of nitrates
Persulfate Digestion followed by FIA of phosphate
Fluorescence with acid correction
Absorption
pH probe
Conductivity Probe
Acid Titration
Turbidimeter
Fluorescence, quinine sulphate equivalent
Gravimetric, filtration
Gravimetric, evaporation
Combustion at 550C, Gravimetric
Non-purgeable organic carbon: TOC analyser on
acidified, samples purged to remove inorganic carbon
TOC analyser: whole filtered samples
TOC analyser:
TOC analyser: TC-DIC
Ion Selective Electrode (ISE)
Turbidimetric (Microplate reader)
Absorption (Microplate reader)
Filtration through 0.45µm filter
Vacuum filteration of a known volume through a
47mm GF/F filter paper
LLD2 or accuracy
2ug/L
1ug/L
1ug/L
1ug/L
1ug/L
20ug/L
3ug/L
Extraction dependant
Extraction dependant
±0.1
±0.1uS/cm
1mg/L CaCO3
±1NTU
0.2ppb
1%
1%
1%
0.1mg/L
0.1mg/L
0.1mg/L
0.2mg/L
1mg/L
0.1mg/L
LLD: Lower level of Detection or limit of detection; as defined by APHA Standard Methods, 22 nd Edition
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