Funding toward the purchase of an atomic absorption spectrometers (with flame and graphite furnace facilities). The instruments were purchased from Vanan Australia

last year for a price $109,755.80 and CRDC's contribution has been highly valuable in getting our chemical analytical facilities up to date. The new instruments have been used for the

analyses for a number of common elements including potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium and several other elements for the research projects involving cotton industry.