Table of Contents

Overview

Sample Preparation Lab

Primary Equipment

• Sinks

• Oven

• Sieves

• Sample splitters

• Sonicating water baths

• Oscillating table

• UV Lamps

• Hot plates

• Eppendorf 5804/5810 Multipurpose Centrifuges

• Labconco Freeze Dryers

• Chemical Fume Hoods (available in the Geochemistry Lab)

Cutting, Grinding and Powdering

• MK Diamond Single Bladed Diamond Saws

• Custom Double Bladed Diamond Saw

• Diamond Cut Mini-Core Drill Press

• Buehler Metaserv 250 Grinder Polisher

• Spex Mixer/Mill 8000

• Retsch Mixer Mill MM 400

• Spex Sample Prep Shatterbox 8530

Chemicals

Please contact the GCR to request chemical usage.

Procedure Manuals

Hard Rock Sample Prep for XRD

Sediment Sample Prep for XRD and ICP

ICP Hard Rock Sample Prep

Grain Size Analysis

Grain Size Analyzer User Guide

Microscopy

• See the Microscopy Lab for details, including

  • Sample Preparation

  • Sample Imaging

  • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)