| Its center is
a Perkin Elmer Elan 6100
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS).
Only a few mL of liquid sample are needed for
quickly measuring most elements with sub parts-per-billion detection
levels. A Cetac LSX-200 plus laser
ablation sampler
allows direct ICP-MS analysis of solids such as minerals and rocks. We also have an Parr Microwave Digester for
dissolution of rocks, sediments, and minerals for ICP-MS analysis. Other instruments include a Dionex Ion
Chromatograph. Funding for this lab was through a grant from the
Department of Defense. |
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| Established
in 2007, the lab houses a Hitachi S-3400 variable
pressure scanning electron microscope (SEM)
equipped with an Oxford Inca energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDS)
and
Gitan ChromaCL live color catholuminescence (CL)
imaging system. The EDS detector measures
the elemental
composition of samples and the CL detector shows subtle, otherwise
invisible
textures such as zonation in crystals. Funding
for this lab was through a grant from the Department of Defense. |
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| The Rigaku X-Ray
Diffractometer with Jade Software is used for the identification of
minerals in soils and sediments by powder
X-Ray diffraction. Funding for this instrument was through a
grant from the National Science Foundation. |
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| We
have a full range of field equipment and
instruments for the collection of water, soil, and sediment samples,
and field measurements. This includes a Gidding coring rig for the collection
of sediment cores and the installation of shallow monitoring wells.
Funding for the coring rig was
through a grant from the National Science Foundation. |
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