Equipment

  • Nicolet iN10 FTIR microscopic spectrometer capable of two-dimensional near- and mid-infrared reflectance measurements down to ~10 μm per pixel
  • Nicolet 6700 FTIR microscope upgraded from a Nexus 670 for spectral analyses in transmission, reflectance, and absorbance from 12,000 to 450 cm-1 with a spot size between 16 µm and 2 mm
  • Deltech one-atm gas mixing furnace (CO-CO2 gases)
  • A binocular microscope and petrographic microscopes
  • Five Windows workstations, one mac and one Linux with MELTS, ENVI/IDL, Davinci, ArcGIS/QGIS, JMARS software

Planetary Exploration Lab contact

Portrait of Valerie Payre

Valerie Payré

Title/Position
Assistant Professor