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Mineral Separations Lab (ERB-5114)

Mineral separation is housed in a comprehensive laboratory immediately adjacent and with direct access to the IGL Control Lab (ERB-5116). This lab houses three six-foot, Phoenix valve-controlled exhausted fume hoods housing:

  1. bromoform and methylene iodide based heavy liquids separations;
  2. rotary evaporation for heavy liquid/acetone reclamation;
  3. formic acid dissolution for biogenic phosphate separation

Other equipment for mineral separations and grain mount preparation include a Frantz Isodynamic Magnetic Barrier separator, a Buehler Isomet slow-speed wafering saw, a stereo-zoom optical microscopy workstation, and a specially-designed high-power ultrasonication and two-stage vortical washing device for the separation of heavy minerals from clay-rich samples.

Lab Equipment

fume hood equipment for bromoform and MEI-based heavy liquid separations.
Dedicated exhausted fume hood for bromoform and MEI-based heavy liquid separations.
Frantz Isodynamic magnetic barrier separator equipment.
Frantz Isodynamic magnetic barrier separator.
Buchi rotary evaporator and accessories for reclamation of heavy liquids.
Buchi rotary evaporator and accessories for reclamation of heavy liquids.
Mineral separate storage and stereo-zoom binocular microscope workstation.
Mineral separate storage and stereo-zoom binocular microscope workstation.
Buehler Isomet slow-speed wafering saw and accessories.
Buehler Isomet slow-speed wafering saw and accessories.
Custom high-power ultrasonication and two-stage vortical washing device for clay-rich samples.
Custom high-power ultrasonication and two-stage vortical washing device for  clay-rich samples.
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