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HIGH RESOLUTION
LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS
SPECTROMETRY
High resolution LA-ICP-MS is coming to UNC!
The Ries Lab and collaborators have secured
funding from the NSF Major Research
Instrumentation program for the acquisition of
a Thermo
Finnigan Element2 inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometer and a Photon Machines
193 laser ablation system. This system will be
suitable for the elemental and isotopic
analysis of most materials on earth! Set
up should be completed by Fall 2012.
Thermo
Finnigan Element2 inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometer
Photon
Machines 193 laser ablation system
ANALYTICAL RESOURCES
Element and isotope mass spectrometry, electron
microscopy, atomic
force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman
spectroscopy,
Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy,
energy/wave dispersive
spectroscopy, cathodoluminescence, ion microprobe,
inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometer, X-ray fluorescence,
petrographic microscopes,
stereo-microscope with automated z-stage for 3-D
imaging, compression
tester for biomechanical analyses, coulometer,
DIC/alkalinity
high-resolution automated titration
systems (VINDTA 3C)
LABORATORY
RESOURCES
State-of-the-art
wet
chemistry lab with laminar flow hoods,
bench-top hoods, combustion
oven, drying oven, underwater pneumatic
drills, slab saw,
microsamplers, computing
resources, CO 2 gas lines, CO 2
gas-analyzer,
mass-flow
controllers, pH meters, conductivity meters
CULTURING
FACILITIES
The UNC
Aquarium Research
Center (UNC-ARC) is completed!
This unique facility is dedicated
to culturing a wide range of marine
calcifiers under
various chemical, temperature, pCO2,
light,
and
nutrient regimes.
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