Analytical methods

Louvain-La-Neuve

Mineral analysis

Soil

The MOCA platform offers a set of physical and chemical analytical methods to characterize soil samples. These analyzes provide information about soil properties (physical quality, chemical quality, etc.) and functioning (chemical alteration process, mobilization of pollutants, etc.) to improve the soil management in different environmental contexts (agricultural soils, forest soils, urban soils, volcanic soils, polar soils, etc.).

If its study is important, the soil remains a complex matrix requiring various analytical protocols according its characteristics. This is why, it is necessary to define your objectives before starting: What do you want to know? What do you already know? What are your constraints?

Water

H2O, just a molecule? Are things obvious? Just by looking at its various names: drinking water, tap water, demineralized water, distilled water, mQ water, heavy water, waste water, etc., it's easy to see that this won't be the case.

Water is essential to life. It represents 60% of our body mass and 70% of the earth's surface. Simultaneously present in our environment in all three states of matter (solid, liquid and gaseous), it possesses numerous properties, including its anomalous density, high melting and boiling points, high heat capacity, amphoteric nature, etc. It is involved in a large number of environmental, biological and industrial processes.

Although it is one of the most abundant molecules on earth, it remains a unique element that is exciting to study.

Other

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Organic analysis

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