Order Services
The AQRC Monitoring Group offers analytical services and equipment for monitoring and measurement. To learn more about these services or to place an order, contact Principal Investigator Ann Dillner or the method expert listed for each technique.
Elements
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
Order Services: Ann Dillner
AQMT utilizes PANalytical Epsilon 5 XRF instruments to determine comprehensive elemental coverage.
Synchrotron-induced X-ray Fluorescence (SXRF)
Order Services: Nicholas Spada
Elemental analysis at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.
Provides elemental concentrations for Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, I, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, W, Pb, and Bi for various sample types.
Minimum order of 1,100 samples required.
Crocker Nuclear Laboratory Proton Analysis
Order Services: Nicholas Spada
Elemental analysis via Proton-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), Proton Elastic Scattering Analysis (PESA), and Rutherford Backscattering (RBS).
Provides elemental concentrations for H, C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn for various sample types.
Minimum order of 200 samples required.
Carbon
Carbon Analysis
Order Services: Ann Dillner
The AQRC Quartz Carbon Lab is equipped with Sunset carbon analysis OC-EC instruments for Thermal/Optical Analysis (TOA).
FT-IR
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*Minimum order of 50 filters required
HIPS Analysis
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For light absorption measurements.
Optical
Mass and Optical Analysis of Strip-based Samples
Order Services: Nicholas Spada
Soft beta ray attenuation and multi-angle/broadband spectroscopy.
Provides mass concentrations and absorption/scattering coefficients at 16 wavelengths for size-segregated samples collected by the DRUM impactor.
Minimum order of 8 strips required.
Weighing
Gravimetric Mass
Order services: Ann Dillner