Multi-disciplinary research in innovative mineral exploration techniques as well as improving on existing methods. The laboratory has the capability to undertake non-destructive chemical testing.

• Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Environmental and Earth Sciences

• Agriculture, Animal Science and Food
• Chemical Industries
• Clean Technology
• Energy (Renewable and Fossil)
• Environmental Technologies and Related Services
• Mining, Minerals and Metals

Handheld X-ray fluorescent (XRF) analyzers have the capability to quantify or qualify nearly any element from Magnesium to Uranium, depending on specific instrument configurations

Detector: 10 mm2 XFlash® SDD; peltier cooled; typical resolution 145 eV at 100,000 cps

X-ray tube: Rh target; max voltage 40 kV

Filter changer: 5 position computer controlled filter changer

Vacuum pump attachment

To determine the petrography of thin sections or polished pucks in both transmitted or reflected light

4 X up to 100X magnification objectives
Fully integrated Digital Camera

Transportable GC-MS used to determine compositions of volatile organic compounds

Transportable GC-MS used to identify volatile hydrocarbons

Gas chromatograph equipped with headspace autosampler, flame-ionization detector (FID)

A rapid chemical analysis technology that uses a short laser pulse to create a micro-plasma on the sample surface.
•    Sample preparation-free measurement experience
•    Broad elemental coverage, including lighter elements, such as H, Be, Li, C, N, O, Na, and Mg
•    Element mapping and depth profiling
•    Ability to scan core sections up to 25cm in length
•    Thin-sample analysis

Spot size 10 um up to 100 um
266 Nd:YAG laser
Purge gas control Ar and He
Univariate and multivariate calibration