Research Institute of Building Materials, research, development, production, realization and consultancy in sphere of building materials

ZL ATElab - Laboratory of analytical chemistry and ecotoxicology

Accredited by ČIA under the No. 1130.2 Accreditation certificate No. 636/2009

Laboratory of analytical chemistry

Chemical analysis with highest accuracy class of all silicate materials:
- natural raw materials
- building materials
- secondary raw materials
- industrial and power station wastes
Standard analyses for calibration of X-ray - fluorescent analysers and other technical equipment, according to individual customer's requirements.
Determination of elements by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
Determination of mercury by single-purpose analyzer AMA 254

Laboratory of ecotoxicology

Ecotoxicity tests
- ecotoxicity of wastes and chemical substances
- ecotoxicity of building materials
- ecotoxicity of building products
Comparison of ecotoxicity of building materials produced from waste materials with standards
Tests offer:
- Determination of the lethal toxicity of substances to a freshwater fish
- Determination of the inhibition of the mobility of Daphnia magna Straus – acute toxicity test
- Freshwater algal growth inhibition test
- Growth inhibition test of Sinapis Alba root

Contacts

Head of ZL ATElab and head of Laboratory of ecotoxicology:
Ing. Zuzana Pavlitová Letková
phone: +420 543 529 336
mobile: +420 602 445 388
e-mail: letkova@vustah.cz

Head of Laboratory of analytical chemistry (silicate analysis):
Alena Paličková
phone: +420 543 529 324
mobile: +420 602 424 188
e-mail: palickova@vustah.cz

Head of Laboratory of analytical chemistry (inorganic trace analysis):
Ing. Kristýna Urbánková, Ph.D.
phone: +420 543 529 320
e-mail: urbankova@vustah.cz

Documents

Accreditation certificate (Supplement No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)