Isotope geochemistry Laboratory

Clean room facility
 

• Several low-boron chemistry laboratories (class 100)
• Sample preparation and ion-exchange chromatography
• Set up isotope systems: Pb, U-Pb, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd
• B, Li
• Th-U disequilibrium

Thermion mass-spectrometers / TIMS

MAT262 (ThermoFisher Scientific)
 

• Features: QHV-Focus-Unit (Spectromat)
• 9 Faraday cups / 1SEV
• RPQ plus SEV
• Applications PTIMS: Pb, U, Th, Rb, Sm, Nd, B

TRITON (ThermoFisher Scientific)
 

• Features: 9 Faraday cups / 1SEV
• Applications PTIMS: Pb, U, Rb, Sr, B, Sm, Nd
• NTIMS: B

-Multi-collector mass-spectrometer with inductivly coupled plasma / MC-ICP MS

NEPTUNE (ThermoFisher Scientific)
 

• Features: SIS/Aridus
• Sample changer ASX-100 (CETAC)
• 9 Faraday cups / 1SEV
• MIC (Th, U)
• Applications: Li, Mg, Rb, Sr, Pb

Contact person: Dr. Rolf L. Romer