Facilities

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Laboratory facilities include instruments listed below.  Through other labs in the EES department and Lehigh University, students and post-docs also have access to advanced analytical facilities for stable isotope analysis and electron microscopy.  Feel free to consult the web pages for Hargreaves, Peters, and Bebout (frequent collaborators) for information on their laboratory facilities.

Analytical Instruments:

Elemental analyzer and data station - Carlo Erba NA1500 series 2

Gas chromatograph and data station - Shimadzu GC-8A

Gas chromatograph and data station - HP 5890 series 2

HPLC System & data station - Shimadzu HPLC System SPD-10AV; SCL-10A, LC-10AD

GC system with MS and peripherals - 6890N Network

Nutrient analyzer and data station - Lachat QuickChem FIA

Ion chromatograph and data station - ISCO/Waters

Liquid scintillation counter - Wallac 1409

Total organic carbon and nitrogen  analyzer, autosampler and data station - Shimadzu TOC-Vcph and TNM-1

 

Optical Instruments:

Spectrophotometers and data stations - Shimadzu UV-160U and Shimadzu UV-1601

Scanning fluorometer and data station - Shimadzu RF-551

Multi-wavelength fluorometer and datalogger - Turner Designs 10-AU

Multichannel fluorescence instrument and data station & flow cell - Turner Designs C6

CDOM fluorometer (2) with flowcell and data station - Turner Designs SCUFA

Chl-a Fluorometer - Sequoia Turner Model 112

Submersible UV/PAR Radiometers (2) - Biospherical PUV-500

Fluorescence inverted microscope - Olympus IMT-2

DI Water polishing unit - Nanopure ultra pure water system with M2 organics removal unit