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The
beating heart of clay mineralogy research, the XRD at MSU
is a Philips X'Pert System Powder Diffractometer equipped
with a theta-theta goniometer, ceramic X-ray tube, and Xccelerator
detector (shown being operated by geology senior Adam Price,
who has done a tremendous job in the initial stages of the
mineral/organic-matter study). Additional lab equipment for
XRD and clay analysis includes various centrifuges, a high-pressure
clay preparation apparatus, and a freeze dry/shell freeze
system. A critical point drier is available at the MSU Electron
Microbeam Center.
Dr. Kingery's
environmental soil chemistry laboratory contains a TA Instruments
DSC 910S Differential Scanning Calorimeter, a Shimadzu TOC
5000 Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, a Dionex 5000 Ion Chromatograph
equipped with UV/vis and electrochemical detectors, a Brinkmann
665 Dosimat, and various filtration apparatuses as well as
columns necessary to start NOM extraction and purification;
Sohxlet extractors for resin preparation.
In addition,
within the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, and at MSU
there is full access to a Perkin Elmer Graphite Furnace AA,
a Carlo-Erba Carbon-Nitrogen Analyzer, a Leco Inductively-Coupled
Plasma AES, and a BET Surface Area Analyzer |
