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Clean Laboratory
Lab name: |
Clean Laboratory |
Staff: |
Cora McKenna |
Lab technician: |
Cora McKenna |
Location |
Unit 7, Trinity Technology And Enterprise Centre (TTEC), Pearce Street. |
Activities supported: |
- ICP-MS ultra-trace element preparation:
- Low temperature leaching using HNO3
- High temperature digestion using HF-HNO3,
- High temperature and pressure “Parr bomb” digestion using HF-HNO3
- Sample dilution and spiking using precision balances
- Ion exchange chromatography
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Equipment: |
- Custom built CSC Hybrid Fume Hood – Laminar Flow Cabinet with HEPA filtered clean air, laminar flow, down flow and containment features (x2).
- Telstar AV-30/70 Bench Top HEPA filtered cabinet
- Vented chemical storage for HF, HNO3, HCl and HBr
- Analab EasyDigest hotplate with heating blocks for even heating of digestion vessels.
- Analab MiniVesselCleaner for pre-leaching of consumable plastic ware.
- Analab 3-arm CleanAcids acid distillation system for triple distilling HF.
- Bespoke quartz glass acid distillation system for triple distilling HNO3 and HCl.
- Millipore Milli-Q Integral 3 water purification system
- Satorius and Ohaus analytical balances
- 29ml and 7ml PTFE beakers for high temperature sample digestion.
- Parr Bombs acid digestion vessels with PTFE inserts for high pressure and high temperature sample digestion.
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Note: |
Solid samples must already be milled and homogenised using agate prior to booking time for ICP-MS preparation. Tungsten-carbide and steel inserts should not be used in the milling process. The rock preparation facilities in Unit 36B are available for all pre-processing of solid samples. |
Lab publications:
Babechuk, M.G., Widdowson, M., Murphy, M., Kamber, B.S., 2015. A combined Y/Ho, high field strength element (HFSE) and Nd isotope perspective on basalt weathering, Deccan Traps, India. Chemical Geology, 396: 25-41.
Suhr, N., Widdowson, M., McDermott, F., Kamber, B.S., 2018. Th/U and U series systematics of saprolite: importance for the oceanic 234U excess. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 6: 17-22.