Cameca 1280 Large-Radius Ion Microprobe (UWA), scheduled for end 2009

Contact: Prof. David Sampson, Node Director, Tel: 08 6488 8062.
   

Example image

Thorium mapping in a zircon grain. Image courtesy of Cameca.

Capabilities

In-situ stable isotope measurements •  18O/16O, 13C/12C, 15N/14N, 34S/32S •  Provenance, palaeoclimatology, migration patterns, growth patterns Trace element mapping •  Elemental ratios (eg, Sr/Ca), trace element concentrations (ppb), element partitioning Geochronology •  U/Pb dating •  Mineral dating, ore body targeting, provenance

Configuration

• Ultra-high sensitivity magnetic-sector SIMS
• Oxygen and Cesium primary beams
• Ion microprobe/ ion microscope
• Charge compensation for insulators
• Multi-collection system with 5 detectors (EM/FC)
• Full transmission at high mass resolution (6000 MRP)

Available by

• End 2008

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