🇵🇱 GRUPA AZOTY ZAKŁADY AZOTOWE KĘDZIERZYN S.A. PL
Water & wastewaterEnvironmentPetrochemistry & fuels
GRUPA AZOTY ZAKŁADY AZOTOWE KĘDZIERZYN S.A. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 672 (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 63 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Environment, Petrochemistry & fuels. Test objects include: Water, wastewater, Solid fuels: hard coal, O) Waste codes according to the Regulation of the Minister of Clima…, Water. Most frequently used techniques: Gravimetric method, Spectrophotometric method, Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID).
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 672
- Methods in scope: 63
- Types of test objects: 13
- Techniques used: 18
- City: Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 672
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- DEPARTAMENT ROZWOJU I INWESTYCJI, ul. Mostowa 30 A, 47-220 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- City
- Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
What this laboratory tests (13)
- Water, wastewater — 25 methods
- Solid fuels: hard coal — 10 methods
- O) Waste codes according to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate on the waste catalogue — 4 methods
- Water — 4 methods
- Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution — 4 methods
- Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes — 4 methods
- Workplace environment - air — 3 methods
- Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters — 3 methods
- Waste O): code 10 01 01, 10 01 02, 10 01 80 — 2 methods
- Waste O): code 10 01 02 fly ash — 2 methods
- Wastewater — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - noise — 2 methods
Analytical techniques used (18)
- Gravimetric method — 12 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 11 methods
- Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) — 4 methods
- High-temperature combustion with IR detection — 4 methods
- Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection — 3 methods
- Electrochemical method — 3 methods
- Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) — 3 methods
- Direct measurement method — 2 methods
- Titrimetric method — 2 methods
- Calorimetric method — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR) — 1 method
- High-temperature combustion with chemiluminescence detection — 1 method
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 1 method
- Manual method; Automatic method — 1 method
- and 3 more
Laboratory locations
- GRUPA AZOTY ZAKŁADY AZOTOWE KĘDZIERZYN S.A. (main site) — ul. Mostowa 30 A, 47-220 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- Environmental Testing Laboratory — ul. Mostowa 30 A, 47-220 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 10.03.2026
- Issue no.
- 27
Accreditation scope — test methods (63)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Testing Laboratory | |||||
| 1 | Wastewater | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | Manual method; Automatic method | PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | |
| 2 | Wastewater | Metal concentrations B (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l Ba (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l Zn (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l Mo (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l Pb (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l V (0,050 – 5,0) mg/l Cr (0,015 – 5,0) mg/l Cu (0,015 – 5,0) mg/l Ni (0,015 – 5,0) mg/l Cd (0,015 – 5,0) mg/l Fe (0,015 – 5,0) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 3 | Water | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | PN-ISO 5667-11:2017-10 excluding cl. 5.2, 6.1.2, 6.2, 6.3 | ||
| 4 | Water | Groundwater level Range (0,0 – 12,0) m |
IB-38/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 07 of 02.09.2024 | ||
| 5 | Water | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 excluding cl. 7.3, 7.5, 7.6; 9.4 | ||
| 6 | Water | Metal concentrations Cd (1,0 – 80) µg/l Cr (5,0 – 800) µg/l Cu (5,0 – 10000) µg/l Fe (50,0 – 10000) µg/l Ni (5,0 – 800) µg/l Pb (10,0 – 800) µg/l Zn (50,0 – 10000) µg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 7 | Water, wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,050 – 20,0) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 8 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,050 – 10) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 9 | Water, wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,010 – 20) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 10 | Water, wastewater | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,10 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576.08 | |
| 11 | Water, wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 12 | Water, wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | IB-22B/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 03 of 22.12.2025 | ||
| 13 | Water, wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,10 – 10) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 13395:2001 | |
| 14 | Water, wastewater | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,10 – 100) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 13395:2001 | |
| 15 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 11732:2007 | |
| 16 | Water, wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 100) mg/l |
High-temperature combustion with chemiluminescence detection | PN-EN ISO 20236:2025-05 | |
| 17 | Water, wastewater | Phenol index concentration Range (0,01 – 1,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6439:1994 cl. 5 | |
| 18 | Water, wastewater | pH Range 2,0 – 11,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 19 | Water, wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (30 – 7000) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6060:2006 | |
| 20 | Water, wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (5,0 - 15000) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 21 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (3 – 4000) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 22 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (0,50 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 23 | Water, wastewater | Electrical conductivity Range (140 – 12800) µS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 24 | Water, wastewater | Dissolved solids Range (10 – 10000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | IB-32A/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 04 of 10.12.2025 | |
| 25 | Water, wastewater | Dry residue (calculated) | IB-32A/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 04 of 10.12.2025 | ||
| 26 | Water, wastewater | Total organic carbon concentration (TOC) Range (3,0 – 2000) mg/l |
Spectrometry method in the infrared range IR | PN-EN 1484:1999 | |
| 27 | Water, wastewater | Phosphate concentration Range (0,050 –10) mg/l P |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006, chapter 4 | |
| 28 | Water, wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (2,0 – 2000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+ Ap1:2007 | |
| 29 | Water, wastewater | Sulfate concentration Range (10 – 1200) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 9280:2002 | |
| 30 | Water, wastewater | Anion concentrations chlorides (2,0 – 500) mg/l sulfates (2,0 – 500) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 31 | Water, wastewater | Formaldehyde concentration Range (0,20 – 80) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | IB-18A/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 05 of 10.12.2025 | |
| 32 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Moisture content in the analytical sample Range (0,5 – 10,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 11722:2009 | |
| 33 | Solid fuels: hard coal | First-stage (free) moisture content Range (2,0 – 20,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 589:2006 | |
| 34 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Second-stage moisture content (moisture remaining in the sample) Range (1,0 – 15,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 589:2006 Methods A1 and A2 | |
| 35 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total moisture content (calculated) | PN-ISO 589:2006 Method A | ||
| 36 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Ash content Range (1,0 – 40,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 1171:2002 | |
| 37 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total carbon content Range (35,0 – 84,0) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04571:1998 | |
| 38 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Hydrogen content Range (1,50 – 5,00) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04571:1998 | |
| 39 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Total sulfur content Range (0,20 – 1,50) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-G-04584:2001 | |
| 40 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Gross calorific value Range (14000 – 35000) J/g |
Calorimetric method | PN-ISO 1928:2020-05 | |
| 41 | Solid fuels: hard coal | Net calorific value (calculated) | PN-ISO 1928:2020-05 | ||
| 42 | Waste O): code 10 01 01, 10 01 02, 10 01 80 O) Waste codes according to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate on the waste catalogue |
Moisture content in the analytical sample Range (0,15 – 6,0) % |
Gravimetric method | IB-02A/PB-12E/PL2-1 issue 03 of 10.12.2025 | |
| 43 | Waste O): code 10 01 01, 10 01 02, 10 01 80 O) Waste codes according to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate on the waste catalogue |
Total carbon content Range (1,0 – 20,0) % |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | IB-05A/PB-12E/PL2-1 issue 03 of 10.12.2025 | |
| 44 | Waste O): code 10 01 02 fly ash O) Waste codes according to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate on the waste catalogue |
Loss on ignition Range (1,0 – 10,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 196-2:2013-11 | PN-EN 450-1:2012 | |
| 45 | Waste O): code 10 01 02 fly ash O) Waste codes according to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate on the waste catalogue |
Fineness Range (10,0 – 40,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 451-2:2017-06 | |
| 46 | Workplace environment - air | Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to: dust agents inhalable fraction respirable fraction organic substances, including inhalable fraction metals and their compounds, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction inorganic substances, including respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method; Stationary method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002 | PN-Z-04008-7:2002/Az1:2004 | |
| 47 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7:2002 | PN-Z-04008-7:2002/Az1:2004 | ||
| 48 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of harmful dust agents - inhalable fraction Portland cement Kaolin Synthetic amorphous silica (precipitated and gel) Wood dusts Flour dusts Dusts not classified according to toxicity Organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Coal (hard, brown) Calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) Range (0,2 – 20,0) mg/m3 Range (0,2 – 2,4) mg in the sample |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 49 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction Portland cement Synthetic amorphous silica (precipitated and gel) Organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Diesel engine exhaust Coal (hard, brown) Range (0,2 – 5,0) mg/m3 Range (0,2 – 5,0) mg in the sample |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 50 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite) Range (0,013 – 0,5) mg/m3 Range (0,010 – 0,400) mg in the sample |
Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR) | Principles and Methods of Assessing the Working Environment 2012, No. 4 (74), pp. 117–130 | |
| 51 | Workplace environment - air | Carbon monoxide concentration Range (2,3 – 116) mg/m3 Range (2 – 100) ppm |
Electrochemical method | PB-22/PL-2-4 issue 05 of 10.12.2025 | |
| 52 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution | Concentration/ content of formaldehyde Range (0,03 – 4,0) mg/m3 Range (0,0008 – 0,025) mg in the sample |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-76/Z-04045/02 | |
| 53 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution | Ammonia concentration/ content Range (1,20 – 56,0) mg/m3 Range (0,048 – 0,32) mg in the sample |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-71/Z-04041 | |
| 54 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution | Concentration/ content of nitrogen monoxide Range (0,14 – 11,55) mg/m3 Range (0,00065 – 0,05020) mg in the sample Range (0,11 – 9,26) ppm |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-Z-04009-11:2008 | |
| 55 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution | Concentration/ content of nitrogen dioxide Range (0,04 – 3,56) mg/m3 Range (0,0002 – 0,0160) mg in the sample Range (0,02 – 1,86) ppm |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-Z-04009-11:2008 | |
| 56 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Concentration/ content of toluene Range (10,0 – 416,67) mg/m3 Range (0,1 – 5,0) mg in the sample |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-89-Z-04023/02 | |
| 57 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Concentration/ content of 2-ethylhexan-1-ol Range (0,54 – 86,67) mg/m3 Range (0,013 – 0,26) mg in the sample Range (0,10 – 16,0) ppm |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-Z-04398:2020-12 | |
| 58 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Concentration/ content of butan-1-ol Range (5,0 – 300,0) mg/m3 Range (0,23 – 0,90) mg in the sample |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | NIOSH 1401:1994 | |
| 59 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes | Concentration/ content of 2-methylpropan-1-ol (isobutanol) Range (10 – 400) mg/m3 Range (0,045 – 1,2) mg in the sample |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | NIOSH 1401:1994 | |
| 60 | Workplace environment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level; A-weighted maximum sound level Range (39 – 137) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (39 – 137) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategy 2,3 – cl. 10,11 | |
| 61 | Workplace environment - noise | Noise exposure level referred to: an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated) |
PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategy 2,3 – cl. 10,11 | ||
| 62 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance Range (5 – 5000) lx |
Direct measurement method | PB-05/PL-2-4 issue 06 of 10.12.2025 | |
| 63 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance uniformity (calculated) | PB-05/PL-2-4 issue 06 of 10.12.2025 | ||
Reference standards (57)
IB-02A/PB-12E/PL2-1 issue 03 of 10.12.2025
IB-05A/PB-12E/PL2-1 issue 03 of 10.12.2025
IB-18A/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 05 of 10.12.2025
IB-22B/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 03 of 22.12.2025
IB-32A/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 04 of 10.12.2025
IB-38/PB-01/PL2-1 issue 07 of 02.09.2024
NIOSH 1401:1994
PB-05/PL-2-4 issue 06 of 10.12.2025
PB-22/PL-2-4 issue 05 of 10.12.2025
PN-71/Z-04041
PN-76/Z-04045/02
PN-82/C-04576.08
PN-89-Z-04023/02
PN-EN 1484:1999
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 196-2:2013-11
PN-EN 25663:2001
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN 450-1:2012
PN-EN 451-2:2017-06
PN-EN 872:2007+ Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11732:2007
PN-EN ISO 11885:2009
PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
PN-EN ISO 20236:2025-05
PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 excluding cl. 7.3, 7.5, 7.6; 9.4
PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006, chapter 4
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategy 2,3 – cl. 10,11
PN-G-04571:1998
PN-G-04584:2001
PN-ISO 1171:2002
PN-ISO 11722:2009
PN-ISO 15705:2005
PN-ISO 1928:2020-05
PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-ISO 5667-11:2017-10 excluding cl. 5.2, 6.1.2, 6.2, 6.3
PN-ISO 589:2006
PN-ISO 589:2006 Method A
PN-ISO 589:2006 Methods A1 and A2
PN-ISO 6060:2006
PN-ISO 6439:1994 cl. 5
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 9280:2002
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002
PN-Z-04008-7:2002/Az1:2004
PN-Z-04009-11:2008
PN-Z-04398:2020-12
PN-Z-04507:2022-05
PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05
PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
Principles and Methods of Assessing the Working Environment 2012, No. 4 (74), pp. 117–130