Instrument Laboratory

Location: KLB 204
Telephone: 56364
Laboratory Manager: Prof. Graham Shields
Facilities manager: Dr. Emma Humphreys-Williams

The Facility includes:

• Agilent 7900 Single-quad ICP-MS + autosampler - analysis of elements in solution (ppt-ppb)
• Agilent 5800 ICP-OES + autosampler - analysis of elements in solution (ppm-ppb)

• Thermo Integrion Ion-Chromatograph - analysis of anionic species in solution (e.g. fluoride, chloride, nitrate, sulphate, etc.).

   

Prospective users from the Department of Earth Science may, if trained, undertake their own work in the laboratory. 

Prospective Users from Departments other than Earth Sciences should note the following:

1] Enquiries about using the facility must originate from a member of staff at UCL. For PhD work, requests must come from supervisors.

2] Earth Sciences will train UCL staff and PhD students to use the equipment so that user departments can then support their own needs. Training can be given only to those who intend multiple use of the facility and cannot be provided for intermittent analysis of small numbers of samples.

3] Neither MSc nor MSci students may use the Facility directly but may attend in the company of a trained user. User departments must support  MSci and MSc projects using their own trained personnel.

5]  For any use, the nature of the samples and their method of preparation MUST be communicated in advance of analysis to the geochemistry facilities manager by way of a pre-assessment form.

For all prospective users:

If you require use of the Facility and are a member of UCL staff, please contact the laboratory manager, Prof. Graham Shields, to discuss the work proposed. Be prepared with details of sample numbers, solution matrix, likely concentrations, elements required, etc.