Laboratory Service Packages - The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Package Type	Subcategory of price list	Type of Equipment to be Used	Price
Water Quality Analysis	Acidity Alkalinity Biochemical Oxygen Demand Carbon – Dissolved Organic Carbon – Total Organic (TOC) Chemical Oxygen Demand Chloride Chlorine – Free/ Total Chlorophyll ‘a’ and Algal Chromium VI – Hexavalent Colour – Apparent/ True Conductivity – Electrical Cyanide Fluoride Hardness Calcium Hardness as Magnesium Hardness as CaCO / Mg2+ Iodine – Total Oxygen – Dissolved (DO) Ammonium Nitrate Nitrite NOx Total Nitrogen (TN) Phosphorus – Available Phosphorus – Total (TP) Redox/ ORP Salinity Specific Gravity Sulfide – Dissolved/ total Sulfite – Dissolved/Total Surfactant Temperature Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Total Oils and Grease (TOG) Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Turbidity Hydrocarbons	Digital titrator Digital titrator BOD incubator DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Digital titrator Digital titrator Chlorophyl meter DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Conductivity meter ICP-MS Fluoride meter Digital titrator Digital titrator Digital titrator Digital titrator DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Multiparameter DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer CHNOS Digital titrator CHNOS Multiparameter Multiparameter Hydrometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer HPLC Thermometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer HPLC DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Turbidity meter Hydrocarbon meter	13200 13200 39600 39600 21780 21780 11000 2000 2000 22000 21780 21780 21780 21780 2000 15200 9500 8500 36300 80000 24200 36300 2000 2000 2000 109500 12100 12100 109500 24200 24200 12100 60500
Soil Analysis	Acidity Alkalinity Biochemical Oxygen Demand Carbon – Dissolved Organic Carbon – Total Organic (TOC) Chemical Oxygen Demand Chloride Chlorine – Free/ Total Chlorophyll ‘a’ and Algal Chromium VI – Hexavalent Colour – Apparent/ True Conductivity – Electrical Cyanide Fluoride Hardness Calcium Hardness as Magnesium Hardness as CaCO / Mg2+ Iodine – Total Oxygen – Dissolved (DO) Ammonium Nitrate Nitrite NOx Total Nitrogen (TN) Phosphorus – Available Phosphorus – Total (TP) Redox/ ORP Salinity Specific Gravity Sulfide – Dissolved/ total Sulfite – Dissolved/Total Soil Enzymes Temperature	Digital titrator Digital titrator DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer COD Incubator Digital titrator Digital titrator Chlorophyl meter DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Multiparameter ICPMS Fluoride meter Digital titrator Digital titrator Digital titrator Digital titrator DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Multiparameter DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer CHNOS Digital titrator CHNOS Multiparameter Multiparameter Hydrometer Soil sieve Soil rings Hydrocarbon meter DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Digital titrator Thermometer	13200 13200 39600 39600 21780 21780 11000 2000 2000 22000 21780 21780 21780 21780 21780 2000 24200 24200 24200 24200 36300 36300 36300 2000 60500 12100
Material Analysis	Metals by Calorimetric Metals Gravimetrically Metals Solid sample preparation Moisture Bulk Density Particle Size Analysis Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen Chloride Chromium VI – Hexavalent Cyanide – Total/Free Electrical Conductivity Emerson Aggregate (EAT) Emerson Dispersion Index Fertility Report Fluoride – Extractable Fluoride – Total by fusion Grain Size Analysis 1a – Grain Size Analysis 1b – Iodine – NaOH Extraction Organic Matter Paint Analysis for Lead Permeability under AS4419 Soil pH Phosphate Protein (Crude) Redox Potential Inorganic Carbon Organic Carbon Total Carbon Active Carbon Total Organic Carbon Ammonium Nitrate Nitrite Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen Hydrocarbons Material characterisation	DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Digital titrator ICP-MS Various Oven Hydrometer Soil sieve Kjeldahl Machine Digital titrator DR 2800 Spectrophotometer ICP-MS Multiparameter Wet sieving,ultasonic vibration(uv) Soil stability test kit Soil scanner Fluoride meter Fluoride meter Soil sieve Soil sieve DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Kjeldahl Machine ICP-MS Soil rings Ph meter DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Kjeldahl Machine Multiparameter CHNOS DR 2800 Spectrophotometer CHNOS Digital titrator DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer DR 2800 Spectrophotometer Kjeldahl Machine Hydrocarbon meter Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)/Energy DispersiveSpectroscopy (EDS)	12100 2000 25000 2000 48400 48400 22000 22000 36300 2000 36300 36300 14520 54450 36300 30250 30200 30250 36300 36300 36300 36300 60500 75000
Microbiology Analysis	Faecal Coliforms Total Coliforms E.Coli Enterococci Legionella Listeria Pseudomonas Salmonella Total Plate Count Aerobic Plate Count Phytophthora and Pythium B. cereus (cfu/g) Sulphate reducing bacteria Total viable aerobic count Yeasts (cfu/100ml) Acetic acid bacteria Lactic acid bacteria Enterobacteriaceae (cfu/g) Yeasts and Moulds (cfu/g) Staphylococcus aureus Shigella Yersinia Campylobacter Helicobacter pylori Vibrio cholera Clostridium difficile Bacteroides fragilis Klebsiela spp Proteus mirabilis Neisseria meningitis Haemophilus species Cryptococcus Bacterial/fungal isolation Antimicrobial analysis Animal disease identification by ELISA KI Human disease identification by ELISA KIT	Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator Culture media,Antimicrobial disc,Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator ELISA Machine ELISA Machine	30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000
Molecular Biology Analysis	DNA, RNA and protein extraction by Kit or extraction buffer Quantification of DNA/RNA/Protein DNA/RNA amplification using convention PCR DNA/RNA amplification using Real Time PCR DNA extraction manually using extraction buffer of kit DNA/RNA characterisation	DNA/RNA Extractor Nanodrop, PCR PCR Manually Sequencer	30000 10000 30000 30000 30000 0
Food and Nutrition Analysis	Visual appearance Moisture contents Immature grains (%w/w) Insect damage (%w/w) Ash (%w/w) Coloured grains (%w/w) Foreign Matter (%w/w) Heat damaged grains Pesticide residues pH Microscopy Fat (%w/w) Vitamin K (%µg/g) Protein (%w/w) Tannins (%w/w) Carbohydrate (%w/w) Totalcarbohydrates (%w/w) Sucrose (%w/w) Total sugar (%w/w) Total dissolved solids Vitamin B6 (%µg/g) Ochratoxins (µg/kg) Deoxynivalenol (µg/g) Aflatoxins(µg/g) Fumonisins (µg/g) Ochratoxins (µg/kg) Deoxynivalenol (µg/g) Aflatoxins(µg/g) Fumonisins (µg/g) Toxicity using animal models	Physical,lens or microscope Oven Physical,lens or microscope Physical,lens or microscope Physical,lens or microscope HPLC ph meter Microscope HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC TDS Machine HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC HPLC VICAM VICAM VICAM VICAM HPLC	3000 3000 3000 3000 10000 4000 4000 4000 109500 2000 3000 109500 109500 109500 109500 109500 109500 109500 109500 12100 109500 109500 109500 109500 109500 98550 98550 98550 98550 109500
Tissue Culture Analysis	Sample preparation Ashing /Digestion Chlorophyl content Isolation of plant pathogens	Various Furnace Spectrophotometer Safety cabinet,Autoclave and Incubator	4000 10000 30000

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