WBI Analytical Services

WBI includes several well-equipped laboratories that are designed for a wide range of chemical, physiochemical, and biological work on wetlands. New equipment includes inductively coupled plasma spectrometer, autoanalyzer, CHN elemental analyzer, SERCON mass spec, and gas chromatography. Existing equipment includes a variety of sediment dating counters for 210Pb and 137Cs, organic carbon analyzer, refrigerated centrifuge, variety of spectrometers and chromatography capabilities, redox control systems, and specialized equipment used in mercury and methylmercury analysis. 

The Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute Analytical Services (WBIAS) has been approved as an LSU Service Center, managed by Dan Bond. WBIAS is a nonprofit analytical laboratory providing state of the art instrumental analytical chemistry. We presently specialize in primary nutrient analyses using a GC, Costech Analytical CHN-S elemental analyzer and an Ocean Instruments autoanalyzer. Services include testing for NO3 and CO2, NO2, NH4, PO4, SIO4, total nitrogen and total phosphorus in water; and total nitrogen and total phosphorus in plant tissue and soil. Our mission is to provide high quality chemical analysis using certified techniques. Providing the best possible data of known and acceptable quality is our foremost concern.
Services Provided:
I. Auto Analyzer
NO3 and NO2
NO2
PO4
SiO4
Total N & P - water (includes persulphate digestion)
II. Combustion Analyzer
Total C & Total N (soil, plant)
Organic & Inorganic N (water)
Total N (water)
III. Gas Chromatograph
IV. Spectrophotometer
Total P (soil, plant) (includes digestion)
V. Mass Spectrometer
VI. ICP Analysis
ICP Analysis
Dilution & Re-analysis
VII. Sample Preparation
Drying (includes Buld Density & Water Content)
Furnace Use (cost per hour)
Grinding (required for soil total nutrients & micro nutrients)
Ash determination
Digestions and Extractions
a. Routine hot acid
b. Microwave digestions