Chemical Analyses

Contact person for chemical analyses: Prof. Dr. Carsten Mai.

Chromatographic separation processes

  • High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
    • Investigation of polysaccharides formaldehyde

Formaldehyde

Formaldehyd
  • Formaldehyde content
    • Perforation method (EN 120)
    • EN ISO 11404

  • Formaldehyde emissions
    • Chamber method (EN 717-1))
    • Gas analysis (DIN EN ISO 12460-3:2016-03)
    • Bottle method (EN 717-3)

Spectroscopic analysis

Spektro
  • Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)
    • Investigation of functional groups
    • Determination of the wood degradation
    • Investigation of chemical reactions during the curing of condensation resins

  • UV/VIS-spectroscopy

Thermal analysis

Thermische Ver
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) - NETSCH DSC 200 F3
    • Detection of enthalpy changes

  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) - NETZSCH TG 209 F1
    • Detection of temperature-induced detection of temperature-induced mass change

Further laboratory equipment

  • Various centrifuges
  • Freeze dryer
  • Carbonisation oven
  • Kjeldahl digestion apparatus
  • Rotary evaporator
  • Vacuum Furnace
  • and so on