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TIGeR members have access to the following equipment:

Philips XL30 scanning electron microscope with EBSD, CL and EDS

JEOL JEM2011 transmission electron microscope with EDS, X-ray and STEM mapping and electron diffraction capabilities

Circa 2008: Dual beam (focused ion beam & field emission) scanning electron microscope with electron backscatter diffraction (3D EBSD) capability

Paleomagnetic laboratory that includes, a 2G 4K-DC-cryogenic magnetometer with an automated 2G-600 AF demagnetiser attached, capable of measuring the magnetic remanence vector of just about any material; a MMVFTB variable field translation balance capable of delineating magnetic mineralogy and grain properties; a Bartington magnetic susceptibility/anisotropy and K-T (-200° to 700°C) system for measuring mineral fabrics and magnetic mineralogy; a Molspin tumbler AF demagnetizer; two MMTD18 and one MMTD80 thermal demagnetisers; a MMPM9 pulse magnetizer for rock magnetism experiments; an enhanced Digico fluxgate magnetometer; a 2G520A 3-axis magnetometer for checking measuring magnetic field strength in the lab; and sample collection and preparation facilities including portable drills, a table drill for block samples, and cutting saws.

High resolution ion probe (nanoSIMS), field emission scanning [SEM] and transmission [TEM] electron microscopes, elemental x-ray analysis systems, a scanned probe microscope, multi-photon and UV confocal microscopes [CLSM], cell sorters, flow cytometers and microdissectors.

2 sensitive high resolution ion microprobes (SHRIMP),

Variety of thermal ionisation and stable isotope mass spectrometers,

Ar-Ar, K-Ar and He laboratories


TIGeR members also have access to the following equipment in the Stable Isotope and Molecular Biogeochemistry Group in CAOG and John de Laeter Centre for Excellence in Mass Spectrometry:

Instrumentation at the Stable Isotope and Molecular Biogeochemistry Group in the Center for Applied Organic Geochemistry (COAG)

Isotope Ratio Monitoring at the John de Laeter Centre for Excellence in Mass Spectrometry

Please contact Prof K Grice for more information
email: K.Grice (at) curtin.edu.au

Plus the normal equipment expected in geological, spatial science and geochemical laboratories.