Scholarships
Scholarships
 
Lectures / Seminars


 Prof. Konstantinos Sioutas, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California in a lecture entitled:

“Linking PM Sources and Chemical Composition to Health Effects- a summary of the 10 yr. Los Angeles Particle Center”

Wednesday 13 June 2012, IPC auditorium
 
Opennings

15/07/2012 Opening For a PhD studentship

Development and characterization of composite materials for hydrogen storage applications

15/07/2012 Opening For Post Doctoral Position

Complex hydrides for hydrogen storage applications

Opening for Doctroral Candidate

 

Opening For Synthetic Chemistry Post Doctoral Associate

Development of advanced oxidation processes for water detoxification contaminated with cyanotoxins

Opening For Synthetic Chemistry Post Doctoral Associate

 

Opening For Post Doctoral Associate on Carbon Nanomaterials

 

Opening For Synthetic Chemistry PhD Studentship

 

 

Call for expressions of interest

by the Laboratory of "Photoredox Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy"

 

 

Opening for a position of Experienced Researcher

by the "Laboratory of Structural and Supramolecular Chemistry"

Position Filled

 

 

Opening for a position of Experienced Researcher

for the EU Research Project  "http://itn-cyclon.eu"

Position Filled

 
 
Announcements

 

2nd CYCLON SUMMER SCHOOL

Photochemistry and Applications in Photoactivable Anticancer Drugs

Bologna, September 26 – 28, 2011

 

 

October 11 of 2010 :

The Institute of Physical Chemistry actively participates in the establishment of the European Photocatalysis Federation and the coordination of the corresponding research activities in Greece.

 

 

The 6th Summer School on Methods in Micro-Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology will be held in Athens, Greece September 13 - 17, 2010.  

The Summer School is co-organized by the Institutes of Physical Chemistry, Microelectronics,  Radioisotopes & Radiodiagnostic Products and Materials Science,  NCSR “Demokritos”, in collaboration with the Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens.

The Summer School  is co-sponsored by the project, Marie Curie ITN “CYCLON”  ( http://www.itn-cyclon.eu )  coordinated by the  Institute of Physical Chemistry.
 
Special Events

 

Institute of Physical Chemistry

Institute of Physical Chemistry

Isotopic Hydrology PDF Print E-mail
Written by Zouridakis N.   
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 10:14

ISOTOPE HYDROLOGY LABORATORY Group

 

Research Director
 Dr. N.Zouridakis, Tel: +30 210 6503969, Fax: +30 210 6511766
e-mail: nizouri<at>chem.demokritos.gr

Technical Staff
 Ms. K. Lakten

Ms. E Arnidi

Εργαστήριο Ισοτοπικής Υδρολογίας

Research Activities

ISOTOPE HYDROLOGY LABORATORY

The purpose of an Isotope Hydrology Laboratory is to determine the concentrations of stable and radioactive isotopes in the water circle and eventually help resolve problems concerning a variety of scientific fields (Hydrogeology, Climatology, Physic Atmosphere, Stromatography, Archaeology and Food Chemistry).

Use of environmental isotope hydrology techniques in resolving problems related to the origin of groundwater and the dynamics of the corresponding systems. Application on the optimization of groundwater resources and geothermal energy fields.

Development and application of isotopic hydrology techniques for the investigation of hydrological characteristics, such as the mechanism of recharge of groundwater reservoirs, the available volume of water, its flow velocity, the relation between different reserves etc, detection of eventual leakages in dams or natural surface reservoirs, or of environmental pollution by sewage water, etc.

Determination of the time at which ground water became confined in the corresponding aquifers (Isotope Hydrology and geothermal studies)

The Laboratory deals with the analysis of the isotopic characteristics (18O, D, 13C) of underground and surface waters and the use of the corresponding results, for the solution of problems related with the exploitation of aquatic resources and geothermal energy.

The determination of 18O concentration in water samples enables to:

a) locate the height of water recharge area and define the contamination area between waters from different aquifers.

b) evaluate the interaction between surface water and groundwater resources.

c) estimate the capacity of groundwater reservoirs

d) measure the enthalpy in geothermic fields.

 

Also, the Laboratory is monitoring the concentration of natural 14C in the atmosphere for the estimation of the production of CO2 from the combustions of the petroleum products and the study of the change of the isotopic ratios 13C/12C and 18O/16O in the atmospheric CO2 for the determination of their provenance.

 

«Mass Spectrometry for determination of the isotopic ratios 18O/16O, D/H, 13C/12C, 15N/14N».

 

Determination of the concentration of Tritium in water samples

Aims:

a) Determination of the mean residential time of embedded water.

b) Estimation of the mean groundwater flow velocity.

c) Detection of the falsification in alcohol drinks.

 

«Equipment for tritium analysis»

 

 

 

Dating of archaeological and geological samples

 

 

 

 

Determination of the concentration of 222Rn

Furthermore, a method for the determination of the concentration of 222Rn in water and atmospheric samples using Liquid Scintillation Technique was developed and applied in the laboratory. Actually it focuses on:

a) the determination of concentration of 222Rn in water supply systems.

b) the determination of concentration of 222Rn in indoor areas (indoor pollution).

«Liquid Scintillation Technique for determination of the concentration of 222Rn and 14C »
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