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Instrumentation

• Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS)
  • Thermo Delta V+ IR-MS with universal triple collector
  • Thermo Gas Bench II for isotopic analyses of water, dissolved inorganic carbon, and carbonate minerals
  • Costech Elemental Analyzer ECS 4010 for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotopic analyses in solids
  • Ocean Analytical Wet Oxidation Total Organic Carbon Analyzer for carbon isotopic measurements of dissolved inorganic and organic carbon
  •  Thermo GC Isolink and Trace GC Ultra for compound specific carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements
• Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
  • Thermo GC Isolink and Trace GC Ultra
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
  • PerkinElmer ELAN 9000
  • PerkinElmer ELAN DRCII 
• ICP-MS peripherals and processing equipment:
  • Solid sampling: Cetac LSX 213 (213 nm Nd:YAG) equipped with cryogenic laser ablation cell, low volume cells and large format cell
  • Speciation:  SRI portable GC and heated transfer line
  • Liquid Sampling:  Autodilution autosampler, Scott and Cyclonic spray chambers including small volume, teflon, etc., Meinhard and cross-flow nebulizers including microvolume, Aridus desolvating nebulizer
  • Pre-concentration and extraction systems for low-level trace metal analyses including HPLC fraction collection system
  • In-field trace metal clean water collection systems
• Atomic Absorption (AA)
  • PerkinElmer AAnalyst 600 Graphite Furnace with multiple lamps and autosampler
• Electron Microscopy
  • JEOL JSM-6010LA IntouchScope Scanning Electron Microscope
• Elemental Analyzer (EA)
  • Costech Elemental Analyzer ECS 4010 for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotopic analyses in solids
  • PerkinElmer EA: NC of solids
• Cold Vapour Atomic Flourescence Spectroscopy (CVAFS)
• High-Performance Liquid Chromotography (HPLC)
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
  • Smiths Detection FTIR Microscope
• Liquid Nutrient Analyses
  • Lachat QuickChem 8500 FIA
• Mercury Analyzers
  • Cetac QuickTrace M-8000
  • Cetac QuickTrace M-6100
• Sediment Digestion Systems
  • CEM MARS microwave digestion system
  • SCP Digiblock system
• Dissolved Inorganic/Organics
  • Phoenix 8000 organic carbon analyzer
• UV-Vis Spectrometers
• Fluorometer
  • Turner
• Digital Microbalances

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