🇵🇱 OKRĘGOWA STACJA CHEMICZNO-ROLNICZA W RZESZOWIE PL

PCA AB 789 • Rzeszów, Poland • 49 methods

Materials & polymers

OKRĘGOWA STACJA CHEMICZNO-ROLNICZA W RZESZOWIE is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 789 (Rzeszów, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 49 test methods in the following areas: Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Mineral soils, Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers, Soils and horticultural growing media, Natural and organic fertilisers. Most frequently used techniques: Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), Titrimetric method, Gravimetric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 789
  • Methods in scope: 49
  • Types of test objects: 10
  • Techniques used: 14
  • City: Rzeszów, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 789
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
DZIAŁ LABORATORYJNY, ul. Prof. L. Chmaja 3, 35-021 Rzeszów
City
Rzeszów, Poland

What this laboratory tests (10)

Analytical techniques used (14)

Accreditation scope — test methods (49)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Mineral soils, organic soils pH - in KCl
Range 2,0 - 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-ISO 10390:1997
2 Mineral soils Available phosphorus content
Range (2,00 - 50) mg/100 g P2O5
Spectrophotometric method PN-R-04023:1996 IO 01/PN-R-04023:1996 edycja 3 z dnia 12.10.2017
3 Mineral soils Available boron content
Range (0,50 – 8,00) mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method PN-93/R-04018 p. 1, 2, 3
4 Mineral soils Available potassium content
Range (2,00 - 48) mg/100 g K2O
Flame photometry method PN-R-04022:1996+ Az1:2002
5 Mineral soils Available magnesium content
Range (0,40 - 20) mg/100g
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-R-04020:1994+Az1:2004
6 Mineral soils Available iron content
Range (10,0 - 6 000) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-R-04021:1994
7 Mineral soils Available manganese content
Range (10,0 - 800) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-93/R-04019
8 Mineral soils Available zinc content
Range (1,00 - 80) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-92/R-04016
9 Mineral soils Content of available copper
Range (0,60 - 80) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-92/R-04017
10 Mineral soils Metal content
Cadmium (0,40 - 10,0) mg/kg Chromium (4,00 - 100) mg/kg Copper (3,00 - 200) mg/kg Manganese (5,00 - 700) mg/kg Nickel (3,00 - 150) mg/kg Lead (4,00 - 400) mg/kg Zinc (5,00 - 250) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-ISO 11047:2001
11 Mineral soils Iron content
Range (800 - 20 000) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 26 edycja 5 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
12 Mineral soils Total Kjeldahl nitrogen content
Range (0,02 - 0,70) %
Titrimetric method PB 25 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
13 Mineral soils Dry matter content
Range (40,0 - 99,9) %
Gravimetric method PN-ISO 11465:1999
14 Mineral soils Total mercury content
Range (0,005 - 5,00) mg/kg
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique PB 01 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
15 Mineral soils Nitrate, ammonium nitrogen content
N-NO3 (0,70 - 100) mg/kg N-NH4 (0,70 - 60) mg/kg Mineral nitrogen content (calculated)
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PB 14 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
16 Mineral soils Particle size distribution in the particle size range (0,001 - 2,00 mm)
Range (0,01 - 99,99)%
Laser diffraction method PB 17 edycja 3 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
17 Mineral soils Organic C content
Range (0,29 - 10,0)% Organic matter content (calculated)
Titrimetric method PB 18 edycja 5 z dnia 01.08.2023 r.
18 Soils and horticultural growing media pH
Range 2,0 - 10,0
Potentiometric method PB 76 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
19 Soils and horticultural growing media Salinity content
Range (0,07 - 9,0) g/l NaCl
Conductometric method PB 30 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
20 Soils and horticultural growing media Electrical conductivity
Range (0,01 - 19) mS/cm
Conductometric method PB 30 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
21 Soils and horticultural growing media Available phosphorus content
Range (4,0 - 500) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PB 31 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
22 Soils and horticultural growing media Available potassium content
Range (12,0 - 2500) mg/l
Flame photometry method PB 32 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
23 Soils and horticultural growing media Available calcium content
Range (60,0 - 5000) mg/l
Flame photometry method PB 33 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
24 Soils and horticultural growing media Available magnesium content
Range (5,0 - 400) mg/l
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 35 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
25 Soils and horticultural growing media Available nitrate nitrogen content
Range (4,0 - 1000) mg/l
Potentiometric method PB 36 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
26 Soils and horticultural growing media Metal content (available forms)
Copper (0,20 - 50,0) mg/l Zinc (2,00 - 100) mg/l Iron (1,00 - 800) mg/l Manganese (0,50 - 80) mg/l
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 39 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
27 Organic soils Available phosphorus content
Range (10,0 - 125) mg/100 g P2O5
Spectrophotometric method PN-R-04024:1997
28 Organic soils Available potassium content
Range (7,0 - 200) mg/100 g K2O
Flame photometry method PN-R-04024:1997
29 Organic soils Available magnesium content
Range (7,0 - 400) mg/100g
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-R-04024:1997
30 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Ammonium nitrogen content
Range (1,0 - 25) %
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15475:2009
31 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Ammonium and nitrate nitrogen content according to Devarda
Range (1,0 - 36) %
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15476:2009
32 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Available phosphorus content
Range (2,0 - 30,0) % P2O5
Gravimetric method after extraction in neutral ammonium citrate solution PN-EN 15957:2011 | PN-EN 15959:2011
33 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Available phosphorus content
Range (2,0 - 30,0) % P2O5
Gravimetric method after extraction in water PN-EN 15958:2011 | PN-EN 15959:2011
34 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Total phosphorus content
Range (2,0 - 30,0) % P2O5
Gravimetric method after extraction with mineral acids PN-EN 15956:2011 | PN-EN 15959:2011
35 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Water-soluble potassium content
Range (5,0 - 65,0) % K2O
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15477:2009
36 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Total magnesium content
Range (2,0 - 25,0) % MgO
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-EN 15960:2011 | PN-EN 16197:2013
37 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Total calcium content
Range (2,0 – 56,0) % CaO
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15960:2011 | PN-EN 16196:2013
38 Mineral (inorganic) fertilisers Sulfur content
Range (2,0 - 18,0) % S Range (5,0 – 45,0) % SO3
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15960:2011 | PN-EN 15749: 2023 met A.
39 Urea Total nitrogen content
Range (31,0 - 46,6) %
Titrimetric method PN-EN 15478:2009
40 Natural and organic fertilisers Total Kjeldahl nitrogen content
Range (0,01 - 5,00) %
Titrimetric method PB 55 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
41 Natural and organic fertilisers Phosphorus content
Range (0,10 - 6,00) %
Spectrophotometric method PB 55 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
42 Natural and organic fertilisers Potassium content
Range (0,10 - 8,00) %
Flame atomic emission spectrometry (FAES) PB 55 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
43 Liming fertilisers and liming materials Calcium oxide content
Range (1,50 - 80,0) %
Titrimetric method PN-93/C-87007-06 | PN-93/C-87007-06+A1:1997
44 Liming fertilisers and liming materials Moisture content
Range (0,10 - 50,0) %
Gravimetric method PN-EN 12048:1999
45 Liming fertilisers and liming materials containing magnesium Content of calcium oxide/ magnesium oxide
CaO (1,50 - 80,0) % MgO (1,20 - 25,0) %
Titrimetric method PN-90/C-87006-11
46 Liming fertilisers and liming materials containing magnesium Moisture content
Range (0,10 - 50,0) %
Gravimetric method PN-EN 12048:1999
47 Plant material Dry matter content
Range (80,0 - 99,9) %
Gravimetric method PN-88/R-04013
48 Plant material Total mercury content
Range (0,005 – 5,00) mg/kg
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique PB 01 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
49 Plant material Metal content
Lead (0,60 - 10) mg/kg Cadmium (0,20 - 5,00) mg/kg Nickel (0,80 - 20) mg/kg Chromium (0,90 - 20) mg/kg Copper (1,00 - 170) mg/kg Zinc (2,00 - 170) mg/kg Manganese (1,00 - 1200) mg/kg Iron (2,50 - 2500) mg/kg
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB 43 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.

Reference standards (45)

PB 01 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 14 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 17 edycja 3 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 18 edycja 5 z dnia 01.08.2023 r.
PB 25 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 26 edycja 5 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 30 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 31 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 32 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 33 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 35 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 36 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 39 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 43 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 55 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PB 76 edycja 4 z dnia 25.07.2019 r.
PN-88/R-04013
PN-90/C-87006-11
PN-92/R-04016
PN-92/R-04017
PN-93/C-87007-06
PN-93/C-87007-06+A1:1997
PN-93/R-04018 p. 1, 2, 3
PN-93/R-04019
PN-EN 12048:1999
PN-EN 15475:2009
PN-EN 15476:2009
PN-EN 15477:2009
PN-EN 15478:2009
PN-EN 15749: 2023 met A.
PN-EN 15956:2011
PN-EN 15957:2011
PN-EN 15958:2011
PN-EN 15959:2011
PN-EN 15960:2011
PN-EN 16196:2013
PN-EN 16197:2013
PN-ISO 10390:1997
PN-ISO 11047:2001
PN-ISO 11465:1999
PN-R-04020:1994+Az1:2004
PN-R-04021:1994
PN-R-04022:1996+ Az1:2002
PN-R-04023:1996 IO 01/PN-R-04023:1996 edycja 3 z dnia 12.10.2017
PN-R-04024:1997