Name of institution: Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals
Department: Analytical Chemistry Department
Address: 44-100 Gliwice, ul. Sowińskiego 5
Web site: http://www.imn.gliwice.pl

Contact person:
                             Ewa Szmyd
                             Dr.
                             phone (+4832) 238 02 78
                             fax (+4832) 231 69 33
                             e-mail ewasz@zyzio.imn.gliwice.pl

Keywords:AAS, OES, XRF, industrial analysis, precious metals, ores, environmental materials, certified reference materials, organic pollutants, interlaboratory tests

Research profile:

• Development of instrumental analytical methods (including the following techniques: atomic absorption spectrometry, optical emission spectrometry and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry) for analysis of various industrial materials (including: non-ferrous metals ores and concentrates, environmental materials, metallurgical products and wastes, alloys, precious metals, etc.).
• Development of certified reference materials (or reference materials) for high purity metals, alloys, precious metal alloys, non-ferrous metal ores, environmental materials, metallurgical semi-products and wastes, mainly in the form of series for OES and XRF (see Catalogue on our web site).
• Development of analytical methods for determination of various elements (important from environment point of view) on trace and ultra-trace concentration level.
• Research on matrix effects and spectral interferences in atomic spectroscopy methods for analysis of multicomponent materials.
• Validation of analytical methods.
• Development of new methods and reference materials for determination of organic pollutants.
• Transformation (photochemical degradation) and behavior of organic pollutants in environmental materials.

Domains of applications:

• Analytical and quality control in non-ferrous metals industry (implementation of the methods and certified reference materialsdeveloped in such enterprises as: KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Zinc Smelter "Miasteczko Śl.", Polish State Mint).
• Elemental analyses of main components and impurities of such materials as: metals, alloys, ores, concentrates, dusts, slags, slimes, aerosols after filtration, etc.
• Organization of interlaboratory tests,
• Determination of organic pollutants in water, soils and air.