Equipment for GSECARS Sample Preparation / Chemistry Lab

The GSECARS Sample Preparation and Chemistry Lab currently has the following equipment available to experimenters:

  • Precision Balance
  • Fume Hood, with Sink
  • GloveBox
  • Laminar Flow Hood
  • Microscope with Micromanipulator
  • Petrographic Microscope
  • Vacuum Oven
  • For more information about the Sample Prepation / Chemistry Lab, contact Matt Newville at newville@cars.uchicago.edu

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    Further Details for specific equipment:

    Precision Balance

    Mettler-Toledo S204, top-loading precision balance. Load Capacity = 220g, precision = 1mg, accuracy = 1mg, resolution = 1mg.


    Fume Hood, with Sink

    The Kewaunee Fume Hood came installed in the Chemistry Lab.


    GloveBox

    PlasLabs with vacuum pump, drierite drying train and catalytic oxygen removal system.


    Laminar Flow Hood


    Microscope with Micromanipulator


    Petrographic Microscope


    Vacuum Oven


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