The Environmental Analysis Laboratory specializes in environmental analytical chemistry. The laboratory offers research support through sample analysis, instrument training, method development, and class tours and instruction. Services are available to all NAU faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students. The laboratory is also available to analyze sample submissions from researchers at other institutions. The facility has instrumentation to process a variety of different analytes including base anions; base cations; trace metals; alkalinity; total dissolved solids; monosaccharides, disaccharides, and small oligosaccharides in honeydew and water samples; monoterpenes in tree resin; kjeldhal digests; microwave digests; soil extractions; and pH levels.

• Perkin-Elmer AAnalyst 100 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Flame AA);
• Lachat Instruments QuikChem 8000 Series FIA+ with XYZ autosampler;
• Dionex DX-100 Ion Chromatograph;
• Hewlett-Packard 5890 Series II Gas Chromatograph with FID and a cool, on-column inlet;
• Orion Research Model 701A IonAnalyzer pH Probe;
• Milestone Ethos 900 Microwave Digestor;
• AIM 500 BD 28/50 and Technicon BD 20/40 Block Digestors;
• Dupont Sorvall RT 6000B Refrigerated Centrifuge