Laboratories

...means triple-quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We use a Thermo iCAP MTX-900 for quantitative analysis of trace and ultratrace elements in geological and non-geological samples.

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The photo shows an iCAP MTX inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer in a lab

...means high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We use a ThermoFinnigan Element2 for quantitative analysis of trace and ultratrace elements in geological and non-geological samples.

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An Element2 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer in the laboratory.

...means laser ablation-inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We use an ESL Artifact193 and a New Wave UP193ss laser ablation system for quantitative analysis of different types of solid sample materials.

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A laser device used for laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

...means electron probe micro analysis. We use a Cameca XS100 electron beam microprobe, for high spatial resolution and non-destructive analysis of element concentrations in non-geological and geological samples.

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An electron beam microprobe in a laboratory.

...means X-ray microtomography. At the department of Geosciences at the University of Bremen we use a ProCon CT-ALPHA X-ray microtomograph to non-destructively determine the spatial distribution of matter inside a sample.

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The image shows an X-ray microtomograph next to a control computer.

...stands for field emission scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Our laboratory is equipped with the field emission electron microscope SUPRA 40 from the company Zeiss and a Bruker XFlash 6|30 EDX detector.

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A scanning electron microscope and an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope in the laboratory

...is a reactor designating an experimental arrangement originally described by Dickson et al. (1963), used to simulate various processes occurring in hydrothermal systems under laboratory conditions.

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The picture shows a Dickson-type reactor next to a control element on which pressure and temperature can be read off.

X-ray transparent flow reactors refer to an experimental setup that in our laboratory at Bremen University is used to simulate flow-dependent water-rock interactions under laboratory conditions.

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A flow reactor inside a heating furnace.

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TQ-ICP-MS

HR-ICP-MS

LA-ICP-MS

EPMA

X-ray ?-CT

FESEM & EDX

Dickson-Type closed-systen reactor

X-Ray trans?pa?rent flow-through re?ac?tor