| No. |
Name of equipment |
Technical details |
Application |
| ². Expeditionary Vehicles |
| 1.1 |
Expeditionary vessel, Project 1830 |
Displacement - 100 tons, length 35 m, draft 1.8 m, scientific team – 6-10 persons, equip-ped by motor boat "Kazanka" by the length 4,6 m for 2-4 person, engine – PARSUN 9.8 |
To provide the field measurements and sampling |
| 1.2. |
Car «Great Wall Pegasus» |
5 persons, 150-200 kg equipment for fieldwork |
- " - |
| 1.3 |
Inflatable boat AQUA STAR |
2-4 persons, engine – PARSUN 9.8 |
- " - |
| ²I. Field measuring equipment |
| 2.1 |
Echo-sounder EAGLE Fish Elite 480 |
Combined with GPS |
To measure the depths in sampling si-tes, to conduct the bathymetric survey |
| 2.2 |
YSI LOW LEVEL OXYGEN METER |
Water column sensing by probe YSI 5718 O2 - % of saturation, t°Ñ |
Determination of temperature and oxygen stratification of water column |
| 2.3 |
Multimeter GEAWELLTECK Eijkelkamp 18.28 with number of probes |
O2 – mg/l, t°Ñ, pH, Eh, Electro Conductivity (EC), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) |
Measurement of general physico-chemical parameters, temperature and oxygen content in water samples |
| 2.4 |
pH-meter WTW pH 330 |
A robust and waterproof battery-operated pH/mV meter. Optimized for on-site and field use, but also can be used in the laboratory. |
pH and temperature measuring |
| 2.5 |
Spectrophotometer HACH DR 2000 |
The DR/2000 Spectrophotometer is a microprocessor-controlled, single-beam instrument suitable for colorimetric testing in the laboratory or the field.
The instrument is precalibrated for over 120 different colorimetric measurements and has provisions for user entered calibrations as well as future HACH methods. |
Currently used for:
- Ammonia analysis, using Nessler reagent method;
- Optical characteristics analysis (Absorbance).
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| III. Hydrometric equipment |
| 3.1 |
Current meter GR-21M |
Mechanical |
To measure the velocity of currents in watercourses |
| 3.2 |
Bottle-bathometer GR-16Ì |
1 liter by volume |
Sampling of water and suspended sediment in watercourses |
| 3.3 |
Molchanov bathometer GR-18 with the thermometer |
4 liters by volume |
Water sampling in lakes and reservoirs |
| 3.4 |
Hydrological manual winch |
Load capacity 30 kg |
To lower hydrological instruments to a depth of 20 m |
| 4.1 |
Filtration-adsorption system «Midiya» |
Water supply - vibration pump, 220 v, 50 Hz, water discharge – 7-10 l/min. Filter block with 10 combined filters 150 mm diameter, total filtration area 0,154 m2, effective pore diameter – 0,45 μm, sorbent ANFEZH, 150 g |
For the concentrating of the suspended sediments and dissolved Cs-137 from the large volumes (up to 1000 l) of water «in situ» |
| 4.2 |
Filtration-adsorption system «Mini-Midiya» (portable option) |
Water supply - vibration pump, 12 v, water discharge – 2-3 l/min. Filter block with 1 combined filter 150 mm diameter, total filtration area 0,015 m2, effective pore diameter – 0,45 μm, sorbent ANFEZH, 50 g |
For the concentrating of the suspended sediments and dissolved 137Cs from the little and medium volumes (10—100 l) of water «in situ» |
| V. The laboratory filtration-adsorption systems |
| 5.1 |
Filtration-adsorption system «Mini-Midiya» (stationary option) |
1 combined filter 150 mm diameter, total filtration area 0,015 m2, effective pore diameter – 0,45 μm, sorbent ANFEZH, 20 g Vacuum pump 220 v, 50 Hz |
Concentrating of the suspended sediments and dissolved 137Cs from the little and medium volumes (10-100 liters) of water |
| 5.2 |
Tangential filtration system |
Pellicon acrylic holder for Pellicon Cassette of Millipore Corporation, filter area – 0.46 m2, pore size – 0,45 μm
Water supply – peristaltic pump Masterflex, max rotor speed 50-650 rpm, tube bore 17 mm 230 v, 50Hz |
For concentrating of the suspended sediments from large volumes of water (up to 1000 liters) to a volume 1-2 liters |
| 5.3 |
Ultrafiltration system Milli-pore AMICON Ultra water |
|
Concentration of colloidal samples |
| 5.4 |
Filtration unit GR-60 |
1-liter with hand pump, combined filter Ø 90 mm |
Filtration of water samples |
| VI. Samplers for bottom sediments |
| 6.1 |
MACKERETH 1 metre (Mini) CORER |
Pneumatic, slow penetration of tube into the sediments under the action of the compressed air |
To obtain a core 1 m long and 65 mm in diameter and include an undisturbed sediment/water interface |
| 6.2 |
Bottom sediment sampler DT-3 |
1-2 meter rods, stainless sampling cylinder, the max sampling depth – 8 meters |
To obtain a core 30 cm long and 113 mm in diameter and include an undisturbed sediment/water interface |
| 6.3 |
Bottom sediment sampler DA-3 |
Rope, stainless and plastic sampling cylinders, the max sampling depth – 30 m |
|
| 6.4 |
Extruders for cores extrac-tion from tubes and slicing |
Hydraulic type, Mechanical type |
For each of the above mentioned samplers |
| VII. Samplers for soil |
| 7.1 |
Stainless soil corer |
Cylinder inside Ø 58 mm, max length of core 25 cm |
To obtain undisturbed core 25 cm long and 58 mm in diameter |
| 7.2 |
Stainless soil corer |
Cylinder inside Ø 48 mm, max length of core 19 cm |
To obtain undisturbed core 19 cm long and 48 mm in diameter |
| VIII. Radiometric equipment |
| 8.1 |
Gamma radiation spectrometer with HPGe detector GWL-type 100210, ORTEC, USA |
20-3000 keV, weight of sample – 0.5-4 g |
Gamma-ray Spectrometry of samples |
| 8.2 |
Gamma radiation spectrometer with HPGe detector GMX40 type, ORTEC, USA |
5-3000 keV, weight of sample – 5-500 g |
Gamma-ray Spectrometry of samples |
| 8.3 |
Gamma radiation spectrometer with HPGe detector type BE5030, CANBERRA, USA |
5-3000 keV, weight of sample – 5-500 g |
Gamma-ray Spectrometry of samples |
| 8.4 |
Liquid-Scintillation spectrometer "Triatler" with option of alpha-beta discrimination, HYDEX, Finland |
Portable, single sample liquid scintillation counter that can detect both beta and alpha emitters with high sensitivity. |
- Beta counting in liquid scintillation
- Gamma counting
- Luminescence counting
|
| 8.5 |
Liquid-scintillation low-background spectrometer for alpha-beta radiation TriCarb 2900TR Perkin-Elmer, USA |
Computer-controlled benchtop liquid scintillation analyzer for detecting small amounts of alpha, beta and gamma radioactivity. |
Spectrometry of alpha/beta emission |
| 8.6 |
Alpha-beta radiometer UMF-2000, Russian Federation |
Low background alpha/beta radiometer with silicon detector. The radiometer is widely used for low level activity measurements by alpha and beta counting. It is recommended for measurement of gross alpha and beta activity in natural and drinking waters. |
- Measurement of gross activity of alpha-emitting radionuclides in thick and thin samples;
- Measurement of activity of beta-emitting radionuclides in samples of foodstuffs, soil, water, as well as of filters and samples prepared by the selective radiochemical extraction;
- Measurement of activity of alpha-emitting radionuclides in samples prepared by the selective radiochemical extraction (relative procedures are necessary).
|
| 8.7 |
Beta-radiometer RUB-01P, USSR |
Designed to measure specific and volumetric activity of beta-emitting nuclides in environ-mental samples, as well as to measure the activity of b-active samples relative method.
Measuring range active reference source (90Sr + 90Y) is in the range of 13 to 1300 Bq. |
Radiometry of beta emission |
| IX. Laboratory equipment |
| 9.1 |
System freezer drying suspensions LABCONCO FreeZone 4 L |
|
To remove excess moisture |
| 9.2 |
System freezer drying of soil samples LABCONCO FreeZone 6L |
|
To remove excess moisture |
| 9.3 |
RETSCH sieve shaker AS 200 |
|
To accelerate the sieving processs |
| 9.4 |
A set of RETSCH Test Sieves 200 mm and 150 mm DIA X 50 mm |
|
To divide the solid material by the size |
| 9.5 |
RETSCH planetary ball mill PM100 |
|
Milling of solid material |
| 9.6 |
Oven Venticell 111 |
|
To dry the samples |
| 9.7 |
Oven SNOL 67/350 |
|
To dry the samples |
| 9.8 |
Muffle furnaces SNOL |
|
To ash the samples |
| 9.9 |
Centrifuge SIGMA 3-16 |
|
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| 9.10 |
Analytical balances VLR200 |
0,001-200 g, readability 0,0001 g |
|
| 9.11 |
Analytical balances |
1-3100 g, readability 0.01 g |
|
| 9.12 |
Adventurer OHAUS |
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| 9.13 |
Precision balances Kern EW 620-3NM |
0,1-620 gr, readability – 0,001 g |
|
| 9.14 |
Hydraulic press CARVER |
Model 4350 L Bench Top Laboratory Manual Press |
To prepare the tablets for gamma-spectrometry |
| X. Other equipment |
| 10.1 |
Portable electric station |
230 v, 50 Hz, 2 kW |
For field equipment |
| 10.2 |
Portable high-pressure compressor |
200 bar |
To fill the gas cylinders by the compressed air |
