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Instrumentation

Mass Spectrometer: ICP-MS Thermo Fisher Scientific X-Series 2

ICPMS equiptment

Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is an analytical technique that uses direct micro-scale sampling to provide high precision elemental and stable isotope analyses of solid materials.

Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer Bruker Tracer III-V/III-SD

pXRF equipment

XRF (X-ray flurescence) is a non-distructive analytical technique uesd to determine the elemental compostion of materials. 

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer ThermoScientific Icap Q

Icap Q equipment

Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy FEI Quanta 200F

ESEM equiptment

Analysis

Ancient DNA Extraction

researchers in bunny suits for the DNA lab

CAMAS houses a PCR lab and a Clean Room for DNA extraction.

Isotope Ratio using Mass Spectrometry

Center for Archaeology, Materials, and Applied Spectroscopy (CAMAS)

EA-IRMS Analysis, TC/EA-IRMS Analysis, TC/EA-IRMS Analysis, Gas Bench Analysis. 

Applications for solid, organic and inorganic, liquid, carbonates samples.

Sample Preparation

pottery fragments being set in a petri dish for analysis

Sample Weighting (Micro-balance), Extraction and Freeze Drying, Crymilling, Mixer Milling, Mounting, Sectioning, and Polishing available.