Mineralogy/Petrology/Economic Geology Facilities
• Mineral Museum
• 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
• Rigaku Miniflex x-ray diffractometer system with six-position sample interchange and Jade spectra software analysis system
• 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, dual 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
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