🇵🇱 OKRĘGOWA STACJA CHEMICZNO-ROLNICZA W KIELCACH PL

PCA AB 333 • Kielce, Poland • 66 methods

EnvironmentMaterials & polymersWater & wastewaterFood & beverages

OKRĘGOWA STACJA CHEMICZNO-ROLNICZA W KIELCACH is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 333 (Kielce, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 66 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Materials & polymers, Water & wastewater, Food & beverages. Test objects include: Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers, Mineral soil, Soil, Soil and horticultural growing media. Most frequently used techniques: Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), Titrimetric method, Gravimetric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 333
  • Methods in scope: 66
  • Types of test objects: 17
  • Techniques used: 14
  • City: Kielce, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 333
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
DZIAŁ LABORATORYJNY, ul. Wapiennikowa 21, 25-112 Kielce
City
Kielce, Poland

What this laboratory tests (17)

Analytical techniques used (14)

Accreditation scope — test methods (66)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Plant material Air-dry matter content
Range (5,00-40,00) % Dry matter content Range (70,00-100,00 ) %
Gravimetric method PN-88/R-04013
2 Plant material Magnesium content
Range (0,12 - 23,0) g/kg MgO content (calculated)
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 03 Edycja 9 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
3 Plant material Total nitrogen content
Range (0,05 - 5,0) %
Titrimetric method PB 05 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
4 Plant material Element content
copper (0,50 - 100) mg/kg zinc (1,10 - 250) mg/kg manganese (0,70 - 500) mg/kg iron (4,60 - 1000) mg/kg cadmium (0,10 - 5,0) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 06 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
5 Plant material Nitrate content
Range (7 - 2000) mg/kg Nitrite content Range (0,70 - 50) mg/kg
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN 12014-7:2001
6 Plant material and feed Phosphorus content
Range (0,08 - 7,0) g/kg P2O5 content (calculated)
Spectrophotometric method PB 01 Edycja 9 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
7 Plant material and feed Element content
potassium (0,4 - 50,0) g/kg sodium (0,045 - 4,0) g/kg K2O content (calculated) Na2O content (calculated)
Flame photometry method PB 02 Edycja 10 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
8 Plant material and feed Calcium content
Range (0,15 - 40,0) g/kg CaO content (calculated)
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 02 Edycja 10 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
9 Feed Kjeldahl nitrogen content
Range (0,06-9,00) % Total protein content (calculated)
Titrimetric method PN-75/A-04018+Az3:2002
10 Plant material, soil Total sulfur content
Range (0,002 – 0,60) %
Nephelometric method PB 04 Edycja 9 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
11 Plant material, soil, sewage sludge Mercury content
Range (0,005 - 5,0) mg/kg
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique PB 25 Edycja 8 z dnia 13.07.2020 r.
12 Soil Dry matter content
Range (30,0 - 100) %
Gravimetric method PN-ISO 11465:1999
13 Soil Total nitrogen content
Range (0,18 – 25) g/kg
Titrimetric method PN ISO 11261:2002
14 Soil Organic carbon content
Range (0,30 – 17,0) % Organic matter content (humus) (calculated)
Titrimetric method PB 20 Edycja 7 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
15 Soil Nitrate nitrogen content
Range (1,9 - 500) mg/kg Ammonium nitrogen content Range (1,8 - 500) mg/kg
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PB 50 Edycja 3 z dnia 04.11.2020 r.
16 Soil pH in KCl/H2O
Range 2,0 - 12,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10390:2022-09
17 Soil Element content
copper (5,0 - 150) mg/kg zinc (3,0 - 1000) mg/kg manganese (4,0 - 1100) mg/kg nickel (12,0 - 55) mg/kg lead (15,0 - 300) mg/kg cadmium (2,0 - 10) mg/kg chromium (12,0 - 200) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-ISO 11466:2002 | PN-ISO 11047:2001 met. A
18 Soil Element content
aluminium (25,0 - 1500) mg/kg calcium (100,0 - 3000) mg/kg potassium (40,0 - 500) mg/kg magnesium (25,0 - 400) mg/kg phosphorus (25,0 - 300) mg/kg boron (0,5 - 10) mg/k copper (0,5 - 10) mg/kg iron (50,0 - 1000) mg/kg manganese (25,0 - 400) mg/kg zinc (5,0 - 100) mg/kg sulfur (5,0 - 50) mg/kg
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) PB 52 Edycja 3 z dnia 13.03.2025 r.
19 Soil Particle size distribution in the particle size range (0,02 - 2000) μm
Range (0,01 – 99,99) %
Laser diffraction method PB 22 Edycja 6 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
20 Mineral soil Element content
copper (0,80 - 800) mg/kg zinc (2,00 - 2000) mg/kg manganese (0,90 - 4000) mg/kg iron (9,50 - 40000) mg/kg nickel (0,70 - 800) mg/kg lead (2,00 – 800,0) mg/kg cadmium (0,30 – 40,0) mg/kg chromium (2,5 - 800) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 12 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
21 Mineral soil Available copper content
Range (0,75 - 250) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-92/R-04017 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
22 Mineral soil Available iron content
Range (100,0 - 5000) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-R-04021:1994 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
23 Mineral soil Available zinc content
Range (0,27 - 125) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-92/R-04016 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
24 Mineral soil Available manganese content
Range (0,68 - 500) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-93/R-04019 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
25 Mineral soil Available boron content
Range (0,6 - 25) mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method PN-R-04018:1993 pkt.4
26 Mineral soil Available magnesium content
Range (1,50 - 100) mg/100 g
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-R-04020:1994 + Az1:2004
27 Mineral soil Available phosphorus content
Range (0,28 - 125) mg/100 g P2O5
Spectrophotometric method PN-R-04023:1996
28 Mineral soil Available potassium content
Range (0,20 - 120) mg/100 g K2O
Flame photometry method PN-R-04022:1996 + Az1:2002
29 Organic soil Available phosphorus content
Range (12,5 - 1250) mg/100 g P2O5
Spectrophotometric method PN-R-04024:1997
30 Organic soil Available potassium content
Range (7,0 - 200) mg/100 g K2O
Flame photometry method PN-R-04024:1997
31 Organic soil Available magnesium content
Range (5,0 - 400) mg/100 g
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-R-04024:1997
32 Soil and horticultural growing media pH in H2O
Range 2,0 – 12,0
Potentiometric method PB 15 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
33 Soil and horticultural growing media Salinity
Range (0,20 – 9,0) g/l NaCl
Conductometric method PB 15 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
34 Soil and horticultural growing media Magnesium content
Range (2,0 - 750) mg/l
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 16 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
35 Soil and horticultural growing media Element content
potassium (4,0 - 1000) mg/l calcium (60 - 5000) mg/l
Flame photometry method PB 17 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
36 Soil and horticultural growing media Phosphorus content
Range (7,0 - 500) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PB 18 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
37 Soil and horticultural growing media Nitrate nitrogen content
Range (3,5 - 1000) mg/l
Potentiometric method PB 19 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
38 Soil and horticultural growing media Chloride content
Range (37 - 1000) mg/l
Potentiometric method PB 19 Edycja 8 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
39 Fertiliser lime (calcium fertiliser) Calcium oxide content
Range (5,0 - 90) %
Titrimetric method PN-C-87007-06:1993+Az 1:1997 z wyłączeniem pkt. 6
40 Fertiliser lime (calcium fertiliser) Cadmium content
Range (0,70 - 100) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-EN 14888:2006
41 Fertiliser lime (calcium fertiliser) Lead content
Range (5,0 - 5000) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-C-87007-09:1993
42 Fertiliser lime containing magnesium (calcium-magnesium fertiliser) Calcium content
Range (5,0 - 50) % CaO Magnesium content Range (5,0 - 25) % MgO
Titrimetric method PN-C-87006-11:1990 z wyłączeniem pkt. 4.5, 6.5
43 Fertiliser lime containing magnesium (calcium-magnesium fertiliser) Cadmium content
Range (0,50 - 100) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-C-87006-15:1996
44 Fertiliser lime containing magnesium (calcium-magnesium fertiliser) Lead content
Range (5,0 - 5000) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-C-87006-14:1993
45 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Ammonium nitrogen content
Range (0,7 - 21,0) %
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15475: 2009
46 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Nitrate and ammonium nitrogen content according to Devarda
Range (0,7 - 36,0) %
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15476:2009
47 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Content of soluble phosphorus after extraction:
in mineral acids in neutral ammonium citrate in water in water and in neutral ammonium citrate Range (2,0 - 52,0) % P2O5 P content (calculated)
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15956:2011 | PN-EN 15957:2011 | PN-EN 15958:2011 | PN-C-87015:1988 pkt.6 | PN-EN 15959:2024-05
48 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Potassium content
Range (4,0 - 60,0) % K2O K content (calculated)
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15477:2009
49 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Grading
Range (0,10 - 100) %
Sieve method PN-EN 1235:1999 + A1:2004
50 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Content of sulphur soluble in water and hydrochloric acid
Range (1,0 - 25,0) % Range (2,5 – 62,5)% SO3
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15960:2011 | PN-EN 15961:2017-02 | PN-EN 15749:2023-01 Metoda A
51 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Calcium content
Range (1,5 - 70,0) % CaO content (calculated)
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15960:2011 | PN-EN 15961:2017-02 | PN-EN 16196:2013-05
52 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Magnesium content
Range (0,5 - 15,0) %
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PPNN--EENN 1165199660::22001131- 05 | PN-EN 15961:2017-02 | PN-EN 16197:2013-05
53 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Copper content
Range (0,001 - 10,0) %
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-EN 16962:2018-03 | PN-EN 16964:2018-03 | PN-EN 16965:2018-03
54 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Iron content
Range (0,001 - 10,0) %
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-EN 16962:2018-03 | PN-EN 16964:2018-03 | PN-EN 16965:2018-03
55 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Manganese content
Range (0,001 - 10,0) %
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-EN 16962:2018-03 | PN-EN 16964:2018-03 | PN-EN 16965:2018-03
56 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Zinc content
Range (0,001 - 10,0) %
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-EN 16962:2018-03 | PN-EN 16964:2018-03 | PN-EN 16965:2018-03
57 Water Nitrate nitrogen concentration
Range (0,5 - 100) mg/l
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
58 Water Orthophosphate concentration
Range (0,03 - 10) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 + Ap 1: 2010+ Ap 2:2010
59 Natural, organic, organic-mineral fertiliser, compost, , sewage sludge, Plant growth aids: - soil improvers - growing media Ammonium and total nitrogen content
ammonium nitrogen (0,005 - 2,10) % total nitrogen (0,10 - 8,00) %
Titrimetric method PB 36 Edycja 5 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
60 Natural, organic, organic-mineral fertiliser, compost, , sewage sludge, Plant growth aids: - soil improvers - growing media Phosphorus content
phosphorus (0,01-8,00 ) % P2O5 content (calculated)
Spectrophotometric method PB 37 Edycja 5 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
61 Natural, organic, organic-mineral fertiliser, compost, , sewage sludge, Plant growth aids: - soil improvers - growing media Potassium content
potassium (0,01 – 10,00) % K2O content (calculated)
Flame photometry method PB 38 Edycja 5 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
62 Sewage sludge Dry matter/ water content
Range (1,0 – 99,0) %
Gravimetric method PN-EN 12880:2004
63 Liming materials Grading
Range (0,10 – 100) %
Sieve method PN-EN 12948:2010
64 Liming materials Neutralisation number
Range (10,00 – 100) %
Potentiometric titration method PN-EN 12945+A1:2016-11 met. A
65 Liming materials Reactivity
Range (10,00 – 100) %
Potentiometric titration method PN-EN 13971:2021-02
66 Solid fertilisers and liming materials H2O/water content
Range (0,2 – 20,0) %
Gravimetric method PN-EN 12048:1999

Reference standards (68)

PB 01 Edycja 9 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 02 Edycja 10 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 03 Edycja 9 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
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PB 20 Edycja 7 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 22 Edycja 6 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 25 Edycja 8 z dnia 13.07.2020 r.
PB 36 Edycja 5 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 37 Edycja 5 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 38 Edycja 5 z dnia 01.01.2020 r.
PB 50 Edycja 3 z dnia 04.11.2020 r.
PB 52 Edycja 3 z dnia 13.03.2025 r.
PN ISO 11261:2002
PN-75/A-04018+Az3:2002
PN-88/R-04013
PN-92/R-04016 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
PN-92/R-04017 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
PN-93/R-04019 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
PN-C-87006-11:1990 z wyłączeniem pkt. 4.5, 6.5
PN-C-87006-14:1993
PN-C-87006-15:1996
PN-C-87007-06:1993+Az 1:1997 z wyłączeniem pkt. 6
PN-C-87007-09:1993
PN-C-87015:1988 pkt.6
PN-EN 12014-7:2001
PN-EN 12048:1999
PN-EN 1235:1999 + A1:2004
PN-EN 12880:2004
PN-EN 12945+A1:2016-11 met. A
PN-EN 12948:2010
PN-EN 13971:2021-02
PN-EN 14888:2006
PN-EN 15475: 2009
PN-EN 15476:2009
PN-EN 15477:2009
PN-EN 15749:2023-01 Metoda A
PN-EN 15956:2011
PN-EN 15957:2011
PN-EN 15958:2011
PN-EN 15959:2024-05
PN-EN 15960:2011
PN-EN 15961:2017-02
PN-EN 16196:2013-05
PN-EN 16197:2013-05
PN-EN 16962:2018-03
PN-EN 16964:2018-03
PN-EN 16965:2018-03
PN-EN ISO 10390:2022-09
PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 + Ap 1: 2010+ Ap 2:2010
PN-ISO 11047:2001 met. A
PN-ISO 11465:1999
PN-ISO 11466:2002
PN-R-04018:1993 pkt.4
PN-R-04020:1994 + Az1:2004
PN-R-04021:1994 z wyłączeniem pkt. 3.5
PN-R-04022:1996 + Az1:2002
PN-R-04023:1996
PN-R-04024:1997
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