Sample processing equipment
A variety of equipment for sample processing and sample preparation is available. This includes:
- Two Bico jaw crushers
- Bico disc-mill
- Gemini water table
- Two Frantz magnetic separators
- Heavy liquid separation via sodium polytungstate with centrifuge and liquid nitrogen
- Heavy liquid separation via methylene iodide
- Struers LabPol5 grinder and polisher
- VibroMet 2 vibratory polisher
Analytical equipment
There is an extensive range of instrumentation available in the MatFab Facility, many of which were acquired via funding to SEES faculty. These include:
- JEOL JXA-8230 Superprobe Electron Microprobe
- JEOL JSM-1T700HR field-emission scanning electron microprobe (FESEM) + EBSD/CL with automated mineralogy capabilities
- Hitachi S-3400N environmental SEM + EDX/CL
- Agilent 7800 ICP-MS with collision cell
- NewWave 213nm laser
- Thermo Element-XR high resolution ICP-MS
- Rigaku ZXS Primus IV wavelength-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
Mineral Separation and Sample Processing Facility contact
Emily Finzel
Title/Position
Professor
Departmental Executive Officer