Environmental Analysis
Division 1.8
The use of synthetic substances in chemistry and engineering comes along with the dispersion of these substances in the environment, namely in water, soil and air. In order to identify contamination and reliably quantify it, it is necessary to develop, validate and standardise powerful and reliable analytical techniques. Certified Reference Materials and traceable methods play a major role here.
The Environmental Analysis division achieves this in conjunction with the complementary study fields of immunoanalytics (antibody-based methods with high sensitivity and selectivity) and chromatographic methods. Because contaminants in the environment are subject to chemical and biological transformationions, chromatographic methods encompass not only target analysis but also non-target analysis to identify transformation products and metabolites.
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Fields of expertise
- Chromatographic methods coupled with mass spec-trometry
- Non-target analysis
- Species analysis
- Immunoassays, ELISA, immunomicroarrays, bio-chips, special formats, rapid assays
- Antibody development, protein conjugates
- Consulting services on the use of immunoanalytics for environmental problems; validation concepts; com-missioned analyses
- Extraction methods, sample preparation
- Round robin tests
- Reference materials (for breathalyser checks etc.)
- Accredited in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and as reference material producer with ISO Guide 34
- Cooperation in standardisation (DIN, ISO, CEN)
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Main activities
- Emerging pollutants:
- in particular pharmaceuticals, among them antibiotics, hormones
- pesticides - Material migration:
- Biocides
- perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), e.g. flame retardants
- NSO heterocycles
- en-docrine disruptors (EDCs), e.g. Bisphenol A
- plasticis-ers, e.g. phthalates
- emulgators and surfactants, e.g. alkylphenols - Species analysis, e.g. organotin, arsenic, mercury compounds
- Priority organic contaminants, e.g. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
- Emerging pollutants:
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Range of services/technical equipment
- Tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS, LC-MS/MS, e.g. API 6500)
- Ion trap mass spectrometer
- Quadrupole mass spectrometer (GC-MS)
- heart cut GC x GC-MS
- GC-ICP-MS, LC-ICP-MS
- Static headspace – SPME – ITEX extraction
- Simulation set-up for environmental factors and sew-age treatment conditions (UV irradiation, ozonation, chlorination)
- Antibodies for environmental analysis (e.g. for car-bamazepine, oestrogens)
- Cell laboratory (hybridoma cultures)
- Molecular biology laboratory
- Microtiter plate reader (absorption, fluorescence, po-larisation, luminescence) and washer
- Microarray spotter/scanner
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Publications of the division
In the database PUBLICA you will find publications by BAM employees.
Publications of the division Environmental Analysis in PUBLICA
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Dr. rer. nat. habil. Rudolf Schneider
