Analytical Capabilities
ILS operates one of 17 national laboratories certified by USGS for suspended sediment concentration analysis. ILS provides in-house analytical support to the EPA, including day-to-day operation of the organic extraction and inorganic sample preparation laboratories. The laboratory is NELAC accredited and our analytical chemists work under the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) standards.
Organic Analytical Expertise
- Organic extractions ( SOIL/solids, water, waste, oil, tissue, air sampling media)
- TCLP extractions
- VOA (Encore® Prep and Analysis)
- Soil and water VOA analysis
- Pesticides analysis (GC/ECD, GC/NPD)
- PCB and PCB congeners analysis
- Semivolatiles, Herbicides, Pesticides, and PCB extractions
- Natural Attenuation Analysis (ethene, ethane, methane )
- Percent lipids
Inorganic and Classical Chemistry Expertise
- Metals digestion (water, soil, tissue, filter media)
- TCLP extractions
- ICP
- Mercury and Cyanide analysis
- Percent moisture
- Solids and volatile solids (TSS/TDS, TVSS, etc.)
- Suspended Sediment Concentration
- Soil Particle Size analysis
- Total and Dissolved Organic Carbon
- Total and Dissolved Phosphorus
- Flash Point
- Nutrients analysis (TKN, Nitrate-Nitrite, Ammonia)
- Anions (chlorides, sulfates, sulfides)