Environmental Geochemistry Research Facilities
Geochemical Laboratory
Perkin-Elmer Elan DRC-e Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometer (ICP/MS) with autosampler
Perkin-Elmer Optima 2000 DV Inductively Coupled Plasma/Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP/OES), ultrasonic nebulizer, duel view optics, and autosampler
Newwave-Merchantek 213 nm laser ablation system for use with solid phase analysis with either the ICP/MS or ICP/OES systems
Dionex 2500 Ion Chromatograph (IC) column with autosampler
Stable isotope gas extraction line
Bench-top and portable pH/mV/ionic concentration/temperature meters
Portable light scattering unit, alkalinity, water hardness, and dissolved oxygen kits
Lindberg mechanical convection ovens (300oC) and box furnaces (1200ēC)
Assorted Teflon and stainless steel corrosion test vessels and high-pressure bombs
Electronic balances with up to 0.0001-gram readability
Laboratory vacuum and isolation hoods
ASTM Type 1 water purification system
Microwave digestion unit
Hot Block digestion system
Soil and Clay Mineralogy Laboratory
Rigaku Miniflex x-ray diffractometer system with six-position sample interchange and Jade spectra software analysis system
Shelby tube hammer and piston core devices for soil-sediment sampling
Stainless steel and brass sieves, sieve shaker box, and sample splitters
Large-capacity and micro-centrifuges
Computer and Microscope Facilities in the Department
Modern Nikon, Leitz, Leica, Zeiss, and Vickers petrographic and reflected light microscopes, some with differential interference contrast
Digital cameras and video recorder systems
Zeiss Microscope Reflectance Photometer (MPMOIK)
Research Devices infrared microscope
Cathodoluminescence microscope system (Technosyn 8200 MkII and Nuclide ELM-2)
Heating and freezing fluid inclusion stages (Fluid Inc. and Chaix Meca)
Ultraviolet Fluorescence microscope
Facilities Within Other Units in the University
Graduate Center for Materials Research provides extensive equipment and full-time staff for solid phase analysis and microanalysis of materials. Facilities include the following:
Philips EM430T Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) equipped with back-scattered electron imagery and dispersive spectrometer
JEOL T330A, Hitachi S-4700 FESEM, and Hitachi S570 scanning electron microscopes (SEM) equipped with back-scattered electron imagery and wavelength dispersive spectrometer
Fully automated Scintag PAD V X-ray diffractometer and Scintag system computer processor and X-ray data library
Kratos Axis 165 X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer
Physical Electronics Model 545 Auger Microprobe
Atomic Force Microscope
Thermogravimetric (TGA), Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NMR)
Environmental and Emerging Contaminants Research Center provides extensive equipment and full-time staff for analysis of trace and minor element analysis. Facilities include the following:
Perkin Elmer graphite furnace and flame atomic absorption spectrometers
Hydride Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Shimadzu total carbon analyzers
Perkin Elmer 8500 Gas Chromatography - Fourier Transform IR Spectrometer
Hewlett Packard- 5972 Quadrapole Mass Spectrometer
Perkin-Elmer HPLC