Equipment

Sample preparation: sieve shaker (Fritsch), planetary ball mill (Fritsch), plant-material mills (Retsch, IKA), vibrating disc mill (Retsch), ultracentrifugal mill (Retsch), drying ovens (Memmert), precision scales (Sartorius)
Digestions and extractions: Acid digestion block (Picotrace), equipment for digestion (Nabertherm, Ögussa) Cation exchange capacity (Würrihausen)
Equipment for cation analysis: ICP-OES (Thermo), flame photometer (Eppendorf), ion chromatograph (Metrohm)
Equipment for anion analysis: Ion chromatograph (Metrohm)
Equipment for TOC/TNb analysis (Dimatec), NPOC/TNb analysis (Shimadzu)
Elemental analysis (Leco) for total C and N
Calcium carbonate analysis according to Scheibler (Eijkelkamp)
Water retention capacity, pore size distribution: pF negative pressure system (EcoTech), pF positive pressure system (Soil Moisture), air pycnometer (Eijkelkamp)
Grain size distribution: Wall apparatus with Köhn pipette (Eijkelkamp), Sedigraph (Micromeritics)
Surface measurement according to BET: Gemini VII (Micromeritics)
Density measurement: AccuPyc II (Micromeritics)
Thin section production: cutters (Conrad, Huayid), polisher (Wirtz), ultrasonic bath (Bandelin)