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 Thermo DeltaQ

Capabilities:

  • GasBench (head-space sampling: water, carbonates)
    • Carbonate 13C/12C and 18O/16O isotope analyses
    • Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) 13C/12C isotopic analysis
    • Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC 13C/12C isotopic analysis
    • Water 18O/16O isotopic analysis via CO2 equilibration
  • TC/EA (carbon reduction/pyrolysis)
    • Organic 18O/16O and 2H/1H isotopic analyses for water
    • Organic 18O/16O isotopic analysis of phosphates

•  Auto-sampler available for both Gas Bench and TC/EA

Thermo DeltaQ with EA

Capabilities:

  • Flash EA IsoLink CN
    • 13C/12C isotopic analyses of organic carbon and nitrogen in plants, insects, animal tissue, soils, and sediments

Thermo MAT 253 with KIEL IV Carbonate Device

Capabilities:

  • KIEL Carbonate Device
    • High precision and extremely small 13C/12C and 18O/160 isotopic measurements of carbonates

Perkin Elmer Nexion 5000 ICP-MS

Capabilities:

  • Cations in acidified solutions at ug/L concentrations
  • HPLC for speciation work

Thermo MAT 253

Capabilities:

  • BrF5 laser line
    • 17O/16O analysis
  • Dual-Inlet
    • High precision 13C/12C and 18O/16O isotopic measurements of gas samples

DMA 80 Mercury Analyzer

Capabilities:

  • Direct Mercury Analyzer for liquid and solid samples

Flow Analyzer

Capabilities:

Nutrient abundance in water, wastewater, soils, and plants

  • Total Nitrogen (0.05-100 mg/L)
    • Nitrate-N (0.05-100 mg/L)
    • Nitrite-N (0.05-100 mg/L)
    • Ammonium-N (5 ug/L - 4 mg/L)
  • Total Phosphorous (1-500 ug/L)
    • Ortho-Phosphates (0.5-500 ug/L; 2-200 mg/L)
    • Silicate (0.05-10 mg/L)

Shimadzu TOC Analyzer

Capabilities:

  • Dissolved Organic Carbon (mg/L)
  • Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (mg/L)

Metrohm Ion Chromatograph

Capabilities:

  • Anions in solutions in (mg/L)
  • Cations in solution in (mg/L)

SRI Greenhouse Gas GC

Capabilities:

  • Greenhouse gases in head-space vials
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Methane
    • Nitrous oxides
    • Nitrogen
    • Oxygen
    • Propane
Gamma Counter

Capabilities:

  • Radioactivity of natural sediments and soils.
    • 210-Pb
    • 214-Pb
    • 204-Pb
    • 226-Ra
    • 7-Be
    • 137-Cs
    • 238-U
Microwave Digester

Capabilities:

  • Digestion of liquid or solid samples
 

Additional Equipment:

  • Micro-balances
  • pH meter
  • Conductivity Meter
  • Furnaces
  • Ovens
  • Cryo-mill
  • Block digester