Sample Preparation
01 Dec 2019
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In addition to the more specialist equipment found in the laboratory, there are a number of other items and equipment more suited to general lab work and sample preparation.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​One of the two microscopes in Materials Characterisation Laboratory​​

 

Most of the items that you need, specific to individual pieces of kit, should be located within the vicinity of the equipment.​

Other small items and consumables usually in stock are outlined here​.​​

​The laboratory also contains:

  • Fume cupboard

  • Pellet press

  • Wire bonder

  • Soldering iron

  • 5 decimal point balance 

  • Two optical microscopes with image capture capabilities​

Also under the care of the laboratory team is a high-temperature furnace for preparing fused beads from sample material to be used in the Epsilon3 X-ray fluorescence spectr​ometer. The PANalytical Eagon 2 c​an run a variety of user-defined or pre-programmed heating 'recipes' at temperatur​es up to 1200 °C. Manufacturer's details can be found here.​​

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