Instruments and services
Instruments are available for hire or are accessible for fee-for-service work.
Our range of instrumentation allows us to serve our community of researchers across diverse disciplines.
Capabilities
Our specialist laboratories allow us to assist researchers.
Our specialist sample preparation laboratory and disaggregation machine facilities are available to Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences students, staff and researchers.
Available analyses include:
- sample disaggregation
- sample sawing, crushing and milling
- heavy liquid separation
- petrographic analysis
- sample mounting in epoxy
- thin sectioning.
Our specialist equipment allows us to perform spectrometry, solution composition and elemental analysis on bulk samples of minerals, rocks and fluids.
Our services include:
- X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- Element concentration analysis in solution
- Solution Isotopic Composition Analysis
- Elemental Analyzers
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Instrumentation
We have a number instruments available for hire, including:
- Agilent 7500 Quadropole ICP-MS
- Agilent 8900 Triple Quadropole ICP-MS
- Bruker M4 Tornado Micro XRF
- Nu Plasma II MC-ICP-MS
- PANalytical Axios XRF Spectrometer
- Sample Preparation Laboratory
- Selfrag: Sample Disaggregation
- Thermo Triton Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer
Contact mqga@mq.edu.au to learn more about instrument hire.