Often overlooked in the laboratory, sample extraction is the first key step in providing accurate and reliable results. Samples can be extracted in suitable solvents for analysis via semi-automated solid-phase extraction; liquid:liquid extraction using a number of solvents; ultra-sonication; mechanical shaking, including high-speed vortexing and incubated flat-bed shaking.
The sample preparation and extraction laboratory has been designed to allow extraction and sample handling of almost every sample matrix type commonly encountered, including
- Potable waters
- Surface waters
- Ground waters
- Estuarine & Marine waters
- Process waters
- Effluents
- Leachates
- Sludges
- Sediments
- Soils
- Solids
- Air
- Biota
