Instrumentation package comprises the most up to date multi-channel flow analysis systems with the choice of segmented flow analysis or flow injection analysis
The presence of metallic and non-metallic elements in soil and water is vital to our health and well being.
Fourteen elements are essential for plant growth and development and even more have essential roles in livestock and human nutrition, but the net effect is all a question balance.
Individual elements in the wrong place at excessive concentration and/or enhanced availability transform 'healthy' natural occurrence into pollution.
Metallic elements like copper and zinc are classic examples.
Both are vital for animal and plant nutrition and are used in various forms, including copper sulphate and zinc oxide, as legitimate agricultural chemicals.
Conversely both have a record as heavy metal soil contaminants and pollutants from a range of industrial activities.
There is an ongoing requirement, right across the environmental monitoring and water industries, for fast, efficient and accurate instrumentation equipped with all the chemistries necessary to analyse a wide range of metallic and non-metallic elements found in soil, water and plant matter. Burkard Scientific, designer and manufacturer of innovative instrumentation for chemical analysis throughout the water industry, has developed an instrumentation package to suit the requirements of laboratories engaged in this type of analysis.
It comprises the most up to date multi-channel, flow analysis systems with the choice of segmented flow analysis (SFA) or flow injection analysis (FIA), depending on the analysis to be undertaken and the speed required.
The Fiaflo 2000, which is based on colorimetric and UV detection, offers two to six channel instruments, up to four simultaneous heated methods, and easy interchange of chemistry manifolds.
The FIA uses ion selective electrodes, chemiluminescence or fluorescence, and is therefore equally suitable for the small sample user as well as for routine analysis work.
The modular SFA-2000 system is suitable for use in both small and large throughput laboratories and employs advanced Windows computer software.
