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The Lab

We recently opened MSU's new ISO-5 rated, metal-free clean lab! The lab is designed for the contaminant-free isolation and measurement of concentration, speciation, and isotopic composition of trace elements in seawater and other natural waters, soils, rocks, and other geologic and biologic materials. Featured instrumentation and equipment include:
  • AirControl, Inc. MicroVoid FH55 polypropylene 5' laminar flow fume hoods
  • Thermo Scientific iCAP Q quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) (He and O2 reaction cell gases)
  • Thermo Scientific iCAP triple quadrupole (TQ) ICP-MS (He and O2 reaction cell gases)
  • Photon Machines Analyte G2 193 nm excimer laser ablation system equipped with a 15 x 15 cm HelEx sample cell, for solid sample micro-analyses
  • Cetac ASX-560 autosampler for ICP-MS
  • XRF Rigaku Supermini2- P-10
  • Milli-Q Advantage A10 with Q-Pod and Q-Pod-Element for production of 18.2 MΩ.cm resistivity ultrapure water
  • Anton-Paar Multiwave Pro microwave reaction system
  • Savillex HPX-100 and HPX-200 hotplates  (low porosity graphite and sealed with a Teflon™ PFA coating) in HEPA-filtered polypropylene dry-down boxes
  • Savillex DST-1000 acid distillation system
  • quartz water distillation system
  • Sorvall Legend X1 centrifuge
  • fridges and freezers for sample storage
  • sonicator bath
  • microbalances

In addition, we have a separate wet lab facility for sample prep and non-trace element work hosting: hypoxia chamber, refrigerated incubator, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, pH and DO meters, shaker table, microscope, sonicator bath, centrifuge, balance, drying oven, muffle furnace, and other equipment.
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MSU's clean lab facilitates ICP-MS measurements for external users. Please follow this link to learn more about opportunities, requirements, and fees. 
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