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Maud Walsh, Swoope, Elizabeth A.
The Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory (CAIRL) provides research-oriented analytical services to the LSU faculty members, experiment station and extension personnel, and the general public. CAIRL performs analyses on water, plant digests, soil extractions, and other environmental matrices. CAIRL is committed to QA/QC principles and practices that ensure the accuracy and precision of results. While the analyses are performed primarily using established routine methods, CAIRL is also willing to use novel methods to meet specific client needs.
The Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory (CAIRL) at the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, is located in Room 312, Sturgis Hall, South Tower Drive, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Please visit our website at: http://www.spess.lsu.edu/cairl/index.html
For more information, please contact us:
Phone: (225) 578-1347
Fax: (225) 578-1403.
Email: MKongchum@agcenter.lsu.edu
| Analysis | Method | Cost/Sample |
| Metals in water/ soil/ plant extractions and digests | ICP EPA 200.7 | $7.00 |
| Turbidity | EPA 180.1 | $7.00 |
| Total Solids -TS | EPA 160.3 | $5.00 |
| Total Suspended Solids - TSS | EPA 160.2 | $5.00 |
| Total Dissolved solids -TDS | EPA 160.1 | $5.00 |
| Total Organic Carbon -TOC | EPA 415.1 | $10.00 |
| Biochemical Oxygen Demand -BOD5 | EPA 405.1 | $20.00 |
| Persulfate Digestion and Colorimetric P determination -TP | EPA 365.3 | $8.00 |
| Phosphate (PO4-) | EPA 300.0 | $7.00 |
| Nitrite (NO2-) | EPA 300.0 | $7.00 |
| Floride,Chloride, Bromide, Sulfate, Nitrate (Fl-, Cl-, Br-, SO4-, NO3-) | EPA 300.0 | $8.00 |
| Inorganic Anions (Fl-, Cl-, Br-, SO4-, NO2-, NO3-, PO4-) | EPA 300.0 | $22.00 |
| CH4, CO2 and N2O in Air Samples | $8.00 |
