Tasks
Activities of the Laboratory Division (Adobe acrobat show in Hungarian)
Instrumental mineralogical analyses: Determination of minerals as well as determination of the quantitative and qualitative mineralogical composition of rocks using computer-guided X-ray diffractometer, derivatograph-PC thermoanalitical equipment and Fourier transformation infrared spectrometer as well as efficient querying and analysing softwares. Detailed analysis of clay minerals applying different treatment techniques.
Chemical analyses: Determination of the element composition of rock and water samples using ion chromatographic and atom spectroscopic (AAS, ICP-AES, ICP-MS) methods. The chemical laboratory is accredited by NAT (National Accrediting Board) according to the EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard under the number NAT-1-1302/2008. The technical field of accreditation: analysis of the total element content in rock and soil samples soluble in nitrohydrochloric acid as well as of their organic contaminants, determination of the physical parameters, main components and organic and inorganic micro-components of surface and subsurface water samples.
Organic geochemical analyses: Measurement of C-, S-, N- and H-content of rocks following carbonate release; determination of organic contaminants (TPH, BTEX) in rock and water samples using gas chromatographic procedure following extraction.
Magnetic susceptibility measurements: Magnetostratigraphic analysis of sedimentary rocks by magnetometer. Preparation of polarity profile, age dating of geological layers as well as determination of settling velocity. Definition of palaeotemperatures upon magnetic susceptibility data of sediments.
Sedimentological analyses: Analysis of fraction size by laser particle sizer, analysis of carbonate content, preparation of mineral fractions, determination of rock mechanical and geotechnical parameters.
Scanning electron microscope and electron microscope analyses: Taking electron microscopic images for mineralogical and micropalaentological studies and determination of element composition by EDAX unit.Optical and thermoluminescent analyses: Age dating of young sediments by optical and thermoluminescent methods.
National and international tenders awarded to the laboratory
GVOP 3.2.1 KMA Instrument tender: acquisition of a new ICP-MS unit complemented by HPLC and LA accessory (2004)
EUROPAID/114956/D/SV/HU2002-000-180-04-01-02-03: Survey on the chemical status of groundwaters, Hungary European Union
project (2004-2006): expert tasks of chemical analyses, control measurements of toxic elements, supervision of quality assurance during the whole project
Austrian-Hungarian scientific co-operation: Complex investigation of mine yards I, II and I-II in the Márkushegy mine
FOREGS-JRC-IRMM/IMEP-21 co-operation: Organisation of Geochemical Working Group, co-ordination of activities (2005)
Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation Tender and co- operation: Palaeoenvironmental implications based on organic geochemistry and petrology of Hungarian Eocene Coals.
Analysis of the fine structure of mica minerals concerning their suitability for K-Ar radiometric age dating: (OTKA)Comparative organic geochemical characterisation of sedimentary rocks formed in Triassic platform background and intraplatform basins (OTKA)
Széchenyi tender: Comparative study of bentonite seams in the Carpathian Basin
OTKA tender: Acquisition of GC-FID-EC equipment (2003)
OM KFHÁ Instrument tender: JY-ULTIMA 2C ICP-OES equipment (2003)
German-Hungarian co-operation: Study of natural breakdown and its comparative analysis in soils of different parent materials contaminated by hydrocarbons
Austrian-German-Hungarian (University of Leoben) co- operation: Study of palaeoclimatic changes based on organic geochemistry and stable carbon isotope analyses (2004-2006)
German-Hungarian co-operation: Biodiversity and succession in the closed Upper Triassic basin of Western Transdanubia (organic petrologic study of the borehole Rezi-1)
Finnish-Hungarian TéT co-operation: Determination of main elements, gold and platinum metals in the porphyritic copper ore in Recsk (2002-2003)
FOREGS Geochemical Baseline Program: Determination of the Hg-content of solid samples across Europe (some 5000 samples) (2002-2005)
Ministry of Education KFHÁ Institutional Instrument Development tender: Fritsch Analysette 22 E Laser Particle Sizer (2002)
