What do You Want to Measure?

The list below represents a broad overview of the types of analytes examined in ALEC. We specialize in project development and analysis of a variety of compounds and chemicals, so if you do not see what you are looking for, please contact us. We can communicate a more comprehensive list of our prior projects, as well as discuss the possibility of new method development for your desired sample. 

Inorganic Measurements:

• Nutrients and salts
  • Major anions: (Fl^-, Cl^-, NO₂^-, Br^-, NO₃^-, PO₄^3-, SO₄^2- )
  • Major cations: (K⁺, Ca²⁺, Na⁺, Mg²⁺)
• Metals
  • Trace: (Be, Al, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, Pb)
  • Toxic: (As, Pb, Hg, Cd, Al, etc.)

     ***See Services-ICPMS for full metals list

Organic Measurements: 

• Pesticides
  • Atrazine, simazine, prometon, carbaryl, 2,4-D, chloropyrifos, DEET
• Surfactants
  • Nonylphenol, PFAS
• Perfluorinated compounds (PFAS/PFAC)
  • PFOS, PFOA, GenX
  • PFBA, PFPeA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFUnA, PFDoA, PFTrDA, PFTeDA, NMeFOSAA, NEtFOSAA, NMeFOSA, PFOSA, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHxS, PFHpS, PFOS, PFNS, PFDS, 4:2FTS, 6:2FTS, 8:2FTS
  • Total Organic Fluorine - by Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC)
• Pharmaceuticals 
  • Antibiotics, hormones
• Industrial chemicals
  • TMAH, NMP, azoles
• isotopic dilution / stable isotope labeled standards / internal standards

Complex Matrices: 

• Water
  • groundwater, effluent/influent, industrial discharge
• Biological
  • blood, serum, tissues (nails, teeth, animal organs, etc.) 
• Environmental samples
  • soils, plant matter, biochars, biosolids, mine tailings

Elemental Measurements:

• Carbon 
  • Total carbon, organic/inorganic carbon 
    • liquid and solid samples
• Nitrogen 
  • Total nitrogen 
    • liquid and solid samples
• Sulfur
  • Total sulfur 
    • liquid and solid samples

Water Quality: 

• pH
• Conductivity
• Metals
• Nutrients