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Located in Rio Piedras, the
IITF chemical lab has the capacity to analyze a variety of standard elements and
in an average year conducts over 47,000 analyses on samples collected in
tropical ecosystems around the world. The majority of samples are done on plants
and soils although the laboratory is expanding its capacity to analyze air and
water. Typical analyses include acid extractable totals and available elements
of aluminum, calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, potassium, magnesium, carbon,
nitrogen, sulfur, and pH. The laboratory has four full time chemists and |
Research
Chemistry
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