Basic instrumental and laboratory equipment

  • A Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) Thermo Triton Plus for ultra-high precise measurements of isotopic ratios of selected elements (e.g., Sr, Nd, Os, U, Pb) providing an outstanding opportunity to several research topics in the field of rock and environmental geochemistry, palaeontology and paleoecology, but also archeometry and anthropology. The machine is equipped with nine Faraday detectors, an electron multiplier, five 1013 Ω amplifiers and RPQ system. The TIMS lab includes vacuum degassing unit, laminar hood with HEPA-filtered air and UPS system.

    Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) Thermo Triton Plus
    Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) Thermo Triton Plus

    Vacuum degassing unit for Re and Ta filament degassing using for Sr-Nd-Pb-U isotopic analyses
    Vacuum degassing unit for Re and Ta filament degassing using for Sr-Nd-Pb-U isotopic analyses

    Laminar hood with HEPA-filtered air and related accessories
    Laminar hood with HEPA-filtered air and related accessorie
     

  • High-resolution magnetic sector ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometer) ELEMENT 2 (ThermoFisher Scientific) with New Wave UP213 laser ablation system.

  • Clean chemical laboratory with HEPA filtered air (class-100000 and class-10000 filtration) equipped with 2 laminar flow work hoods (class-100) and 1 fume hood.

  • Laboratory of mineral separation and sample homogenization.