Characterisation Facilities

Characterisation and sampling preparation labs

GARG possesses new state of the art facilities, with several dry and wet chemistry labs, sample preparation facility and characterisation instruments.

Characterisation Instruments

• Southern CrOss Laser-Ablation Research InStruments (SOLARIS)

• Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis

• Portable and benchtop X-ray fluorescence Spectroscopy

• X-Ray Diffractometer

• Raman Spectroscopy

• Portable gamma spectrometer

• Low Background gamma spectrometry

• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer with vapor generation system

• High Performance Liquid chromatograph with Variable Wavelength Detector

• Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometers

• Mossbauer spectroscope with cryostage

• Particle Size Analyser with large volume sample dispersion unit

• Portable UV/Vis spectrophotometers

Sample preparation Laboratories

• Phytolith laboratory

• Sample preparation laboratory (with resine preparation, polishing machine, and several saws)

• Soils and sedimentology laboratory

• Wet chemistry laboratory

• Quarantine room