Department of Environmental Sciences

Introduction

Analytical Facilities/services available:

This department has well established laboratories for undergraduate and Postgraduate studies.Trainings on Biosafetyand Instrumental Analysis totrain Postgraduatestudents of  different departments at UVAS, Lahore campus are conducted. Such trainings are scheduled to be on regular basis.

At present this department provides following analytical facilities for students of different departments of UVAS at cost charges basis as well as  for commercial samples on enlisted cost.

Sr.

Name of equipment

Particulars of test

Rate/sample
(Student)
(Rs.)

Rate/sample
(Commercial)
(Rs.)

Time needed (Days)

1

Conductivity meter / TDS meter/oven

 TSS/TDS/ Total Dissolved Solids of drinking/ irrigation/ waste water

20.00

50.00

1

2

pH of  water, soil or any solution

pH meter

20.00

30.00

1

3

Incubation /DO meter

BOD of waste water

50.00

100.00

6

4

Spectrophotometer

Phosphorus from soil sample by Olson method

100.00

200.00

2

5

Titremetery

Ca+Mg from water

50.00

100.00

1

6

Flame photometer + Titremetery + EC meter

Irrigation water quality, EC, TSS, SAR, RSC

100.00

200.00

2

7

Digestion/ spectrophotometer

Phosphorus from Plant /meat/ food  and feed sample

100.00

200.00

3

8

Vanado-molybdate method for orthophosphates

Phosphorus from fertilizer sample

200.00

500.00

2

9

Flame photometer

Na from  soil/water sample

50.00

100.00

1

10

Flame photometer

Potassium from  water/fertilizer sample

50.00

100.00

1

11

Flame photometer

Potassium from soil / plant / waste water  sample

100.00

200.00

2

12

Flame photometer

Calcium  from water sample

50.00

100.00

1

13

Flame photometer

Calcium  from milk/food/feed sample

100.00

200.00

2

14

Flame photometer

Na, K and Ca,  from urine and serum

100.00

200.00

1

15

Furnace

Carbon contents from food, feed and waste sample

100.00

300.00

1

16

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Mo, Se, Co, Cr, Mg and  Pb from  water, waste water  and urine samples.

Rs. 100/-  per sample per element.

Rs. 200/-  per sample per element.

1

17

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Mo, Se, Co, Cr, Mg, Pb from Food, Meat, Soil, Plant, fruit and  feed  sample

Rs. 100/-  per sample per element  and Rs. 200.00 per sample as digestion charges

Rs. 200/-  per sample per element  and Rs. 500.00 per sample as digestion  charges

2-3

Other Facilities Available 

Flue gas analyzer LANCOM III having capacity to measure CO2. CO, SO2, O2, NO, NO2, H2S and CxHx from vehicles/Generators and industrial exhaust. We also provide training for this instrument. This facility is also available on rent/day basis to industry.

 

 

HAZ-Scanner HIM-6000(Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station)

having capacity to measure PM 10, PM2.5,CO2 CO, SO2,O3, NO, NO2, H2S, VOCs from ambient air and Solar Radiation. It has the capacity to work as Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station. We also provide training for this instrument.