Major equipment
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Lab Guidelines
Keyence VHX-7000 Digital Microscope
- Digitize samples: hand specimen, tephra, thin sections and much more
- Check our Petrology Digital Collection. Download images for FREE here
- Documentation:
User Manual
Perkin Elmer PinAAcle 500 Atomic absorption spectrometer
- Collaborative agreement with USGS Menlo Park (Andrew Calvert)
- For the determination of potassium (K) in igneous rocks
Sample preparation (School of Geosciences facilities)
Tile saws (CHE50C)
Large Jaw crusher and ball mills (CHE37)
Sieve sets dedicated to different tasks (geochronology, physical volcanology)(SCA516 - 535)
Sieve shakers (dry and wet, SCA535)
Heavy liquids mineral separation set up (SCA516)
Magnetic separator (SCA516)
Particle disperser (SCA516)