The Engineering and Mining Experiment Station (EMES) provides a centralized multi-user instrumentation facility for the characterization and testing of minerals, ores, raw materials, manufactured products, waters, and biological materials to support research and academic programs at South Dakota Mines. Additionally, the EMES provides analytical services for outside government, industry, and academic organizations. The EMES is the longest-running core research facility at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and has provided analytical services to the public and private sectors for over a century. Founded by the South Dakota Legislature in 1903, the EMES was originally developed to assist the regional mining industry in the analysis and characterization of ores and other mineral products. Today, the EMES strives to provide analytical services and support for users with a wide range of needs. 

Instrumentation available through the EMES includes:

• Scanning electron  microscopy(Thermo Scientific Helios 5 Dual Beam and Thermo Scientific Axia ChemiSEM)

• Scanning transmission electron microscopy (Thermo Scientific Talos F200X G2)

• X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (Thermo Scientific Nexsa G2)

• X-ray diffractometer (Malvern Panalytical Empyrean 3rd Generation)

• Inductively  coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Agilent 7900)

• Ion chromatography (Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-6000)

• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Shimadzu QP2010 Ultra)

• Total organic carbon analyzer (Shimadzu TOC-L)

• X-ray  fluorescence (Olympus Vanta M Series pXRF)

• Atomic force microscopy (Bruker Nanoscope MultiMode  8)

• Micro x-ray computed topography (Xradia MicroXCT-400)

• UV-Vis spectrocopy (Shimadzu UV-2600)

For more information about these instruments please see their individual webpages or contact us at: emes@sdsmt.edu