Instrumentation

The laboratory is equipped with a high resolution Micromeritics Saturn DigiSizer 5200 laser particle size analyzer and auto-sampler, a Perkin-Elmer 2400 CHNS/O elemental analyzer, an IL 941 AA/AE spectrophotometer for metals analysis, a Lachat QuikChem 8000 FIA nutrient analyzer, a Shimadzu total carbon analyzer, an Antek 9000 Total N analyzer, a Decagon WP4 PoteniaMeter, and CX-2 water activity meter.

Sample preparatory equipment includes a Quantachrome Sieving Riffler, Sampletek 200 vial rotator, SPEX 8000 Ball Mill, precision analytical balances, high speed/high capacity centrifuges, and shaking tables. The laboratory is further equipped with specialized mechanical nested-sieve shakers, Chittick carbonate content analyzer, stereo- and petrographic microscopes, pressure extractor plates, and a Thermolyne 1400 muffle furnace.

Saturn Digisizer
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