TRACE ELEMENT ANALYTICAL LABORATORY

Portland State University

Cramer Hall 43 Contact: Ben Perkins, Ph.D., Department of Geology, rperkins@pdx.edu, 503.725.3387, Fax: 503.725.3025
Environmental Sciences & Resources Graduate Student Becky Gloss operating the HP-4500 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer		Geology Graduate Student Eric Nielsen operating the Dionex ICS-2500 Ion Chomatograph

The Trace Element Analytical Laboratory, located in Cramer Hall Room 43, currently provides inorganic analytical support for researchers in Geology, Biology, Environmental Sciences and Resources, and Civil Engineering.

The lab houses the following instrumentation:

• HP-4500 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)

• Dionex ICS-2500 Ion Chromatograph (IC)

• Beckman Coulter DU 730 Spectrometer

• Perkin Elmer AAnalyst-300 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS)

• Perkin Elmer HGA 800 Graphite Furnace (GF-AAS)

• Perkin Elmer TGA7 Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)

• EG&G 92-X Instrumental Neutron Activation Analyzer (INAA)