Facilities Available

• Graphite furnace atomizer
• Hydride generator system
• Cold vapour system (for mercury generation)
• Autosampler

Applications
AAS is very specific and has great freedom from interferences. Its range of application is wide and found popular application in the following areas:

• Health:  routine clinical-chemical analyses for elemental determination
• Food Industry:Elemental concentration of major and trace elements in food stuffs and drinks.
• Agriculture:  Soil, fertilizer and plants.
• Hydrology: Water and sediments
• Environment: Air, waste water, sewage sludge, refuse and garbage.
• Solid Minerals: Rocks, Minerals and Ores
• Petrochemical:Crude oil
• Materials: Ceramics, Cement and glass.

Achievements
Services rendered to the following on a regular basis

• Obafemi Awolowo University Community
• Nearly all the Universities in the southern zone of Nigeria
• Water, sediment and plants have been analysed for major oil companies in the country.