{"id":50,"date":"2016-04-25T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T06:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ugt.saske.sk\/en\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:38:41","slug":"services-consulting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ugt.saske.sk\/en\/research\/services-consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Services and Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Geotechnics SAS provides services in the following areas:<\/p>\n<p><b>Chemical analyses:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of elements concentration by AAS directly and by electrothermic atomization GTA,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">direct determination of Hg-content in solid and liquid phase by the device of TMA-254 (Trace Mercury Analyser),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of gaseous Hg concentration in environmental air by the device of Jerome 431x,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of gaseous Hg concentration in environmental air by means of the gold-amalgam method,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">spectrophotocolorimetric determination of elements and anions concentration,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of SO2, NOX concentration,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">analysis of gases (CO2, CH4, O2, H2S, H2, CO),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">water analysis: pH, redox potential, conductivity, dissolved oxygen concentration, TDS \u2013 total dissolved solids, COD \u2013 chemical oxygen demand, BOD \u2013 biological oxygen demand,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">anion analysis by ion chromatography: F\u2013, Cl\u2013, NO2\u2013, NO3\u00ac, SO42\u2013, Br\u2013, PO43\u2013, AsO43\u2013,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">chlorine species analysis by ion chromatography: Cl\u2013, HClO\/ClO\u2013, ClO2\u2013, ClO3\u2013, ClO4\u2013,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">analysis of alkali &amp; alkaline earth metal cations and ammonium by ion chromatography:<br \/>\nLi+, Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">analysis of soils, sediments, compost and similar materials (organic substances degradation rate),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">preparative work (drying of samples, diminishing onto analytical grain size, decomposition in acids and insoluble residue smelting, microwave decomposition by the device of MWS-3),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">analytical determination (moisture of sample, loss by ignition, SiO2 by gravimetric analysis, Fe by volumetric analysis, sulphates nefelometrically, ash in coal, total, sulphidic, pyritic and sulphate sulphur, sulphur in sulphides),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">X-ray qualitative diffraction analysis of solid samples on D8 Advance by Bruker, Germany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Physical properties analyses:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of rock strength on high-tech compression frame INSTRON 1000 RD,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of dust concentration on the Hund dust-counter,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of magnetic susceptibility of materials on the Kappa Bridge device,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of material humidity by nuclear detector developed at the\u00a0IGT SAS,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">contactless temperature measurement with an apparatus developed at the\u00a0IGT SAS,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of specific surface area on the NOVA 1200e apparatus by Quantachrome Instruments, Great Britain, and Gemini 2360 apparatus by Micrometrics, USA,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of density of solids and fluids,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">thermal treatment of samples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Technological properties analyses:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of rock drillability on experimental\u00a0laboratory\u00a0drilling rig,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">determination of rock abrasiveness by CERCHAR, LCPC and ON 441121 methods,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">particles distribution analysis on the Helos\/LA apparatus by Sympatec, Germany,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">float-sink analyses,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">breaking and grinding of materials to required grain size,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">low-intensity, high-intensity and polygradient magnetic separation of solids,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">magnetohydrostatic and gravity concentration of solids,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">gravitation processing of materials in hydrocyclone,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">fine and ultra-fine (submicrometric) sample milling,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">grain-size\u00a0analysis (dry and wet) using sieves 0.04-0.9 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