Laboratories

Our instruments and offering are listed at the AGH Research Offer database (oferta-badawcza.agh.edu.pl) and include:

• Comprehensive analyzes of the isotopic composition of surface and groundwater (see, e.g., Pierchała, Różański, Duliński et al. 2021, Isot. Environ. Healt. S. 57, Duliński, Gorczyca, Marzec et al. 2019, Geologos 25), including:
  • tritium concentration
  • isotopic ratios ²H/¹H, ¹⁸O/¹⁶O
  • carbon concentration ¹⁴C isotopic ratio ¹³C/¹²C in dissolved carbonates

• Dating of carbonate materials using the ¹⁴C carbon method
  (see, e.g., Duliński, Różański et al. 2013, Radiocarbon 55(2)).

• Dating of young sediments using the lead method ²¹⁰Pb
  (see, e.g., Łokas, Wachniew, et al. 2010, Water Air Soil Poll. 207)

• Measurement of concentration of natural (e.g., ⁴⁰K, ²²⁶Ra i ²²⁸Th) and artificial gamma-radiation nuclides by gamma spectrometry in environmental samples (geological samples, soil, plants, food), in building materials, and industrial samples. In particular, accurate measurements of ²¹⁰Pb, including self-absorption in the sample.
  (see, e.g., Jodłowski, Kalita 2010, Nukleonika 55; Jodłowski 2016, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes 109)

• Analyzes the concentration and isotopic composition of trace gases in the atmosphere (CO₂, CH₄, SF₆, N₂O). Determination of the trace and isotopic composition of trace gases (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) from soil
  (see, e.g., Zimnoch, Nęcki, et al. 2019, Mitig. Adapt. Strat. Gl. 24).

• Measurement of concentrations of natural alpha- and beta-radiated nuclides (²³⁸U, ²³⁴U, ²²⁸Ra, ²²⁶Ra, ²²²Rn, ²¹⁰Pb) in water samples
  (see, e.g., Nowak & Nguyen Dinh 2017, Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 175(3)).