INFORMATION FOR LABORATORY USERS


General

  1. Lab Safety
  2. EMERGENCY Contacts
  3. Facilities and Engineering Contacts

 

Chemistry

  1. Rules and etiquettes
  2. Protocol for cleaning teflon ware
  3. Protocol for cleaning perchloric hood
  4. Dissolution protocols
  5. Normalities of acids

 

ICP-MS Lab

  1. Protocol for ordering Argon Gas and other stuff click here
  2. Protocol for mass calibrations
  3. Protocol for setting up a method

4.   Data Reduction (External and Internal Standard Instructions)

      (Low Resolution Template)

      (Medium Resolution Template)

5.   Data Reduction (Isotope Dilution)

6.   ICP-MS Checklist for USERS

7.   No Ions Trouble-shooting

 

Standards

  1. Synthetic multi-element standards and internal standards
  2. PGE spikes
  3. PGE standards
  4. Rock standards

 

Rocks

  1. Primitive Mantle and Chondrite estimates
  2. Continental Crust Composition estimates

 

MSDS SAFETY SHEETS

  1. Nitric Acid – HNO3
  2. Perchloric Acid – HClO4
  3. Sulfuric Acid – H2SO4
  4. Hydrochloric Acid – HCl
  5. Ethanol
  6. Chloroform
  7. Liquid Bromine (Br2)