The research activities of the Lab of Soil and biomass chemistry (Cà Vignal 2, room 2.31; tel: +39 045 8027889) are mainly focused on native and exogeneous organic matter in soils.
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Main research topics:
- mechanisms of soil organic matter sequestration;
- evolution of organic matter in soils and sediments in relation to climate changes;
- biogeochemistry of major and trace elements;
- sustainable and safe biomass utilization in agriculture.
Main equipment:
- elemental analyzer: CHNS vario MACRO cube (Elementar);
- spectrophotometer: fluorescence spectrophotometer FL 6500 (em, ex, syn, and 3D scan mode), with holder for liquid, solid and dust samples (PerkinElmer);
- thermal analysis system: termogravimetric analyser coupled with simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry TGA-DSC 3+ (Mettler Toledo);
- particle size analyzer: laser diffraction particle size analyzer equipped with a FlowSync wet dispersion system and a high-resolution camera (Microtrac MRB Sync);
- CO₂ analizer: EGM-5 portable CO₂ analyzer with soil respiration chamber (PP Systems);
- vibratory sieve shaker: AS 200 (Retsch);
- balance: WXTE analytical balance, 6 decimal places (Mettler Toledo);
- mill: ball mill MM 400 (Retsch);
- lab oven: universal oven UF75 (Memmert).
Small equipment:
- pHmeter (XS);
- ECmeter (XS);
- set for soil sampling (Eijkelkamp);
- corers for peat and sediment sampling (Belarus, Wardenaar) (Eijkelkamp).
