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The Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory (CAIRL) at the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, is located in Room 312, Sturgis Hall, South Tower Drive, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The mission of CAIRL is to provide research-oriented analytical services to the School faculty members, other campus and branch station faculty members, as well as the general public. The Laboratory performs analyses on water, plant digests, soil extractions, and other environmental matrices. The CAIRL is committed to QA/QC principles and practices that ensure the accuracy and precision of results. While the analyses are performed primarily using established routine methods, the Laboratory is also willing to adopt novel methods to meet specific needs of clients on a case by case basis.

For more information, please contact us at 225-578-1347 email: SDodla@agctr.lsu.edu. Phone: (225) 578-1347 Fax: (225) 578-1403.

[Image: Syam Dodla ]Contact
Contact information for the Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory including email, phone number, and physical location and address. The School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Science (Madison B. Sturgis Hall) is located at the corner of Tower Drive and Highland Road on the LSU Campus. The laboratory is on the third floor in Room 312.
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[Image: Inductively Coupled Plasma Analyzer ]CAIRL Facilities
CAIRL has a wide variety of analytical instruments to do various analayses of water quality, pollution chemistry and organic chemistry. For example, the Varion 3800C Gas Chromatography has an FID and ECD detector and is customized to analyze gas samples mainly for CH4, CO2 and N2O. Another piece of equipment is the Pyrolysis GC/MS CDS 5000 pyroprobe attached inline with Varian 3900 GC and Saturn 2000 Masspec.
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Soil testing by the Central Analytical Instruments Research Laboratory includes soil analysis, turbidity, total organic carbon, phosphate, nitrate, and inorganic oxygen demand along with other informative analysis.
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Links to related sites such as the Soil Testing and Plant Analysis Laboratory, School of Plant, Envirionmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana Extension Parish Offices, Louisiana Best Management Practices (BMPs) of Agronomic Crops
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