The chemistry laboratory provides a central chemistry lab infrastructure for the whole ZMT, technical and scientific support in terms of planning and performance of instrumental analytics and methodologies. The technical staff supports the scientific divisions in planning and realization of sampling in-house campaigns (in the MAREE) or research expeditions.
The established methods represent the three analytical fields of the laboratory: organic, inorganic and isotopic geochemistry. Basic physical parameters as pH, salinity could be measured as well as highly resolved isotopic ratios of different environmental matrices.
Equipment for basic parameters such as pH and salinity for expedition into the tropics is available. Based on the focus of the institute´s research, established measurements provide results on e.g. fingerprints of organic components, amino acid composition, fatty acid profile, particle size distribution, micro nutrient content, isotope ratios (13C/15N/18O), and element content (e.g. organic carbon, total nitrogen, trace elements including heavy metals).