Facilities
Research Facilities
Metamorphic Petrology Lab
Includes sample preparation facilities for whole rock geochemistry and electron beam work, and microscopes for thin section analysis.
Derring Hall 5056
Contact: Caddick
Experimental Petrology Lab
Includes piston cylinder and multi-anvil presses, and a gas-mixing furnace to simulate conditions inside planets.
Derring Hall 1085D
Contact: Duncan
Fluids Lab
Includes several high pressure furnaces that simulate crustal conditions, to synthesize fluid inclusions at known conditions.
Derring Hall 4053
Contact: Bodnar
Analytical Facilities
Electron Microprobe Labs
JEOL JXA-iHP200F Field Emission Electron Probe Microanalyzer *New!*
Cameca SX-50 Electron Probe Microanalyzer
CamScan Series II Scanning Electron Microscope
PanAlytical Epsilon3 Benchtop X-ray fluorescence spectrometer
Derring Hall 5066, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory 1020
Contact: Moore
Laser Ablation ICPMS Lab
Agilent 7500ce ICPMS coupled with a Geolas laser ablation system that can measure ppb levels of major and trace elements.
Derring 4066
Contact: Bodnar
Vibrational Spectroscopy Lab
Two laser Raman microprobes for analysis of fluid and melt inclusions and minerals.
Derring 4059
Contact: Bodnar
The Cameca IMS 7f GEO is a magnetic sector Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer housed in the Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory (NCFL). The ion probe is optimized for light stable isotope (H, C, N, O, S) analysis of natural and synthetic materials.
Machine Shop
The department machine shop is in Derring Hall 1083.
Other Geosciences facilities: https://geos.vt.edu/research/Research_Facilities.html