Services - LUCAS
LUCAS provides various analytical services.
At Lakehead University's Centre for Analytical Services we meet your analytical needs with accurate and fast service. The broad multi-disciplinary expertise and state of the art analytical equipment at Lakehead can provide you with many testing services, all under one roof.
The list below includes many of the services we provide. Click on the laboratory acromym to find more details.
Biomass Characterization
Biomass Physical Characteristics FoReST
Customized Analytical Services (Click here)
DNA testing
Ancestry PDNA
Archaeological PDNA
Forensic human genetic identification PDNA
Paternity and relationship PDNA
Plant and animal PDNA
Training PDNA
Environmental testing
Aquatic sediments LUEL
Aquatic toxicity (LC 50) ATRC
Barrier remediation technologies testing LUMINX
Contaminant sources tracing LUMINX
Experimental and computer modeling of water-rock reactions LUMINX
Heavy metal contaminants in soils LUEL
Inorganic analysis of water samples to comply with federal and provincial monitoring requirements LUEL
Inorganic contaminants in soils LUEL
Piezometers (Installation and monitoring) LUMINX
Plant or animal tissue toxicity (mercury, etc.) LUEL
Precipitates LUIL
Mercury and methylmercury (total) in water, tissue, soil, sediment LUEL
Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of mine waste materials LUMINX
Fuels Characterization
Fuel oil calorie testing LEVTEK
Fuel oil specifications LEVTEK
Materials Testing (Construction)
Chloride in concrete LUIL
Building materials LUIL
Materials Characterization
Air Sensitive Samples (X-ray diffraction) LUIL
Contaminants & corrosion detection LUIL
Crystalline inorganic solids (granular, fine-crystalline, microcrystalline) LUIL
Particle sizing and elemental composition LUIL
Polymers LUIL
Metallurgical products and by-products LUIL
Non-crystalline inorganic solids LUIL
High tech and strategic metals LUIL
Mineralogical Services
Assessment of geological samples LUMINX
Clay and zeolite analysis LUMINX
Experimental Services LUMINX
Fluid inclusion analysis LUMINX
Particle characterization of assay grinds using digital image analysis. LUIL
Separations (e.g., heavy liquids) LUMINX
Thin section preparation LUMINX
Molecular synthesis and Analysis
Aqueous silicon chemistry LUMCS
Chemical characterization LUMCS
Fabrication of thin films LUMCS
Molecular modeling LUMCS
Nanostructured materials synthesis LUMCS
Soils Testing
Agricultural soils testing with OMAFRA nutrient recommendations FoReST
Forest nutrient analysis FoReST
Garden soils testing with OMAFRA nutrient recommendations FoReST
Heavy metal contaminants in soils LUEL
Industrial contaminants and deposits LUIL
Inorganic contaminants in soils LUEL
Soils mineralogy LUIL
Wood Science Testing
Abrasion testing of flooring and other surfaces LUWSTL
Wood structural mapping (X-ray) LUWSTL
Wood chip analysis LUWSTL
Wood mechanical and physical properties LUWSTL
