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Department of Geological Survey - Geochemical / Chemical Lab

GENERAL INFORMATION

Description and purpose of the Research Infrastructure
Mission: The Department’s mission, as the national agency and state consultant for geological matters, is to protect the public interest thought the identification, the exploitation and protection of mineral and groundwater resources, the investigation and assessment of the geological environment and geohazards, the monitoring and assessment of seismicity, the investigation of the foundation conditions, the protection and promotion of sites of geological and mining heritage and the production and dissemination of unbiased geo-information to society. Objective:

USEFUL FIGURES

Personnel

69

Personnel

Male

64%

Male

Female

36%

Female

Publications

0

Publications

ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE

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CONTACT INFO

INFORMATION OF INSTRUMENTATION OPERATING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE

Muffle furnace, carbolite tybe
  • Name:  Muffle furnace, carbolite tybe
  • Description:  Carbolite furnace used for buning materials at high temperatures
  • Units:  2
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Used for loss on ignition (LOI) applications and the determination of inorganic matter content in soils
Year:  1993
Funding Source: 
  • Own
Grinder
  • Name:  Grinder
  • Description:  Grinder suited for fast and reproducible pulverization of hard, brittle and fibrous sample materials to analytical fineness
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Pulverization of geological materials
Year:  2008
Funding Source: 
  • Own
Stable Isotope Analyser
  • Name:  Stable Isotope Analyser
  • Description:  Isotope analyzer provides high quality measurements of water stable isotopes δ18O and δ2H
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Measurements of water stable isotopes δ18O and δ2H
Year:  2015
Funding Source: 
  • Own
Flamephotometer
  • Name:  Flamephotometer
  • Description:  Flamephotometer used for the determination of Na, K, Ca and Li in water samples
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Pulverization of geological materials
Year:  2010
Funding Source: 
  • Own
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  • Name:  UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  • Description:  UV-Vis Spectrophotometer used for the determination of chemical compounds eg. NH4+ and PO₄³⁻ ions in water samples
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Determination of chemical compounds eg. NH4+ and PO₄³⁻ ions in water samples
Year:  2016
Funding Source: 
  • Own
Ion Chromatograph System
  • Name:  Ion Chromatograph System
  • Description:  Ion Chromatograph System used for the determination of ions eg. Cl-, NO3- and SO42- in water samples
  • Units:  2
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Determination of ions eg. Cl-, NO3- and SO42- in water samples
Year:  2007
Funding Source: 
  • Own
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  • Name:  Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  • Description:  ICP-MS υsed for the determination of chemical elements in geochemical and water samples
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Determination of chemical elements in geochemical and water samples
Year:  2021
Funding Source: 
  • Own
X-ray Powder Diffractometer (XRD)
  • Name:  X-ray Powder Diffractometer (XRD)
  • Description:  Bencthtop X-ray powder diffractometer used for the estimation of the main mineralogical phases and the percentage of crystallinity in geological samples
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Estimation of the main mineralogical phases and the percentage of crystallinity in geological samples
Year:  2016
Funding Source: 
  • Own
Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (ED-XRF)
  • Name:  Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (ED-XRF)
  • Description:  Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectrometer used for the non-destructive analytical identification and quantification elemental compositions in geological samples
  • Units:  1
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Geochemical - Chemical Laboratory
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
Ιdentification and quantification elemental compositions in geological samples
Year:  2021
Funding Source: 
  • Own
modem-divers-cables
  • Name:  modem-divers-cables
  • Description:  Groundwater level monitoring network
  • Units:  82
  • Hosting Laboratory / Department:  Field within boreholes
Brief description of the utilization of the instrument:
παρακολούθηση της διακυμανσης της στάθμης και της θερμποκρασίας του υπογείου νερού
Year:  2008
Funding Source: 
  • Own