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 Thermo DeltaPlus XP

 Thermo DeltaPlus XP

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 DeltaPlus Advantage

Thermo DeltaPlus Advantage

Capabilities:

  • Costech ECS 4010 Elemental Analyzer with Conflo III interface
    • 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

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 ICP-MS Elan DRC-e

Perkin Elmer ICP-MS Elan DRC-e

Capabilities:

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

Thermo MAT 253

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

DMA 80 Mercury Analyzer

Capabilities:

  • Direct Mercury Analyzer for liquid and solid samples

Flow Analyzer

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

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