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Equipment in the Department of Geosciences
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Department of Geosciences

 
Geotechnical rock/soil/sediment laboratory

  1. Bruker S4 Pioneer WD XRF spectrometer for sold and liquid sample analysis; currently calibrated for rock analysis in fused glass beads and pressed pellets.
  2. Fluxing equipment for making fused glass beads
  3. Press and die equipment for making pressed pellet from rock powder
  4. Rock sample crushing and grinding equipment, rock saws and polishing equipment
 
Environmental Laboratory
 
  1. Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph (GC-17A with FID/ECD and Autosampler)
  2. Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph (GC-17A) with mass spec MS-5050 Series
  3. Teckmar Headspace Analyzer
  4. OI-Analytical Eclipse Purge-and-Trap concentrator
  5. Dionex 100 Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE)
  6. Shimadzu Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOC)
  7. Shimadzu UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  8. Shimadzu Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
  9. Dionex DX 120 Ion chromatograph
 
Field and Other Equipment
 
  1. Field parameter test kids (battery powered peristaltic pumps, pH, EC, DO, T, field ion selective electrodes, etc.)
  2. Automated, programmable water sampler system
  3. Complete aquifer testing equipment, including data loggers, pumps, generators etc.
  4. Complete IEG Air Stripper Unit
  5. Side Scan Sonar
  6. 24-ft Research Vessel (GK Gilbert) Tech Info
  7. GIS/ArcInfo lab, computer lab for modeling applications (incl. licenses for most major groundwater flow and transport models)
  8. Access to:
    • Thin Film Surface Characterization Laboratory:
      JEOL5900 LV SEM system equipped with a Princeton Gamma Tech (PGT) energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) for SEM/EDS analysis and other systems
    • Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) spectrometry and Isotope Laboratories


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