A Core Facility for Physical and Elemental Characterisation

  • Ilya Strashnov (Academic lead),
  • Abby Ragazzon-Smith (Technical Specialist),
  • Roseanna Byrne (Senior Technician),
  • Martin Jennings (Technical Specialist),
  • Anne Davies (Senior Technician),
  • Jamie Tibble-Howlings (Technical Specialist),
  • Shahla Khan (Senior Technician),
  • Otis Leahair (Technician),
  • Jennifer Saunders (Senior Technician),
  • Claire Vassallo (Technician),
  • John Cowpe (Senior Technical Specialist),
  • Lydia Fawcett (Technical Specialist) &
  • Nicola Jones (Senior Technical Specialist)

Facility/equipment: Facility

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Description

The Physical and Elemental Characterisation Facilities within the Faculty of Science and Engineering comprise several analytical laboratories located across multiple departments and institutes, including Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Materials, and the Henry Royce Institute. Our team of 20 research technical professionals supports research and teaching across the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE), in addition to external collaborations and analytical service provision for external customers.

We are well equipped with an extensive suite of analytical instrumentation (~200 systems) and associated sample preparation facilities. Our capabilities include LC MS, GC MS, ICP MS, ion/gas/liquid chromatography, XRF, CHNS, TOC, Raman and optical techniques including laser spectroscopy, GPC, BET, TGA, DSC, calorimetry, rheometry, alpha/beta/gamma spectroscopy, as well as comprehensive sample preparation resources such as acid digestion. These enable a broad range of characterisation and analytical chemistry applications.

Keywords

  • QD Chemistry
  • QC Physics
  • QE Geology

Research technique

  • Technique
  • LCMS
  • ICPMS
  • XRF

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Henry Royce Institute

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