Inštitut
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Corrosion
Head:
dr. Aleksandra Kocijan
Phone: +386 1 4701 955, + 386 1 4701 975
Activities
Analytical Chemistry- Research and development of analytical methods for the characterization of non-metallic and metallic materials
- Chemical analyses of the basic elements in a variety of metallic materials by the method of optical emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES)
- Chemical analyses of accompanying elements in various metallic materials with the method of flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS)
- Chemical analyses of trace elements in various materials after pre-separation and pre-concentration, with different methods at a concentration of 1μg/g
- Chemical analyses with X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF)
- Determination of carbon and sulphur by the method of infrared absorption after combustion in an induction furnace
- Kjeldahl method for determination of nitrogen
- Chemical analyses of archaeological specimens; Archaeometry
- Chemical analyses to address ecological and environmental issues
- Participation in the proficiency testing with established foreign institutions
- Adapting to the general requirements for competence of testing and calibration laboratories (EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005)
Corrosion
- Basic and applied research of corrosion degradation of metallic materials
- Solving corrosion problems in various fields of industry, transport infrastructure, civil engineering and biomedical applications
- Research in the field of corrosion and passivation of advanced metallic materials in various media
- Research in the field of surface characterisation of passive layers on the surface of advanced metallic materials
- Research of protective layers applied on the surface of metallic materials for the prevention of biological degradation in seawater and in biomedical applications
Equipment
Analytical Chemistry
- Optical emission spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma ICP-OES (Agilent 720)
- X-ray fluorescence spectrometer XRF (Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t GOLDD+)
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometer (Perkin Elmer 2380)
- Carbon and sulphur analyser (ELTRA CS-800)
- Oxygen and nitrogen analyser (ELTRA ON-900)
- SP-300 Modular Research Grade Potentiostat/Galvanostat/FRA
- Spin coater Laurell WS-650Mz-23NPP
- Potenciostat / Galvanostat EG & G PAR 273 with static and rotating working electrode
- Potenciostat / Galvanostat EG & G PAR 263A with static and rotating working electrode
- GAZ Association for the Accreditation and Certification GmbH, Düsseldorf
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf
- Alusuisse-Technology and Management Ltd., Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
- BAM, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und Prüfung, Berlin
- JAB, Japan Accreditation Board for Comformity Assessment, Tokyo
- DAP, Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Prüfwesen GmbH, Berlin
- S.E.P.P. Archäologischer Forschungsverein, Graz
