Geochemistry Lab

Major goal of the Geochemistry Lab activity is determination of chemical composition of different solids (e.g. minerals, rocks, soils, archaeological artefacts, cements, concretes) and fluids (e.g. water, crude oils) and, subsequently, evaluation of the received data. Routine analyses run on prepared samples as pressed and fused pellets, thin sections, polished thin sections and slabs, separated minerals or aggregates, broken or etched non-planar surface specimens, solutions, suspensions. The obtained data can be used for explorations in the fields of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock geochemistry, organic and environmental geochemistry as well.

Devices:

• Rigaku Supermini 100 Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF)
• Horiba Jobin Yvon XGT 5000 Fluorescence Micro-Spectrophotometer
• Hitachi VWR 2000 High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
• THERMO DXR Raman microscope with laser sources
• Hitachi S-4700 FE-Scanning Electron Microscope (SE, BSE, EDS)
• Nuklex NP-420P single channel nuclear spectrometer available for field work
• Nuklex NP-424P multichannel nuclear spectrometer
• Hitachi LaChrom Elite L-2000 High Performance Liquide Chromatograph
• CONSORT C911 field and laboratory conductometer