Equipment
Accessing Our Equipment
All links below require your device to be on the Stanford campus network or Stanford VPN. You will need a SUNet ID to reserve instrument time online.
Once you are connected to the Stanford campus network, click on 'Schedule' on the page for the instrument you wish to use. You will be prompted to enter your SUNet ID. Once logged in you can view the current schedule. Please contact the lab manager responsible for each specific instrument by email or phone to schedule training.
Thermo Scientific™ iCAP™ RQ ICP-MS
The Thermo Scientific™ iCAP™ RQplus ICP-MS provides the operational simplicity, robustness, and stability required to enable long-term daily analysis of varying matrices without drift, QC failures, or the need to re-run samples. Active monitoring of instrument
performance and consumables takes the guesswork out of maintenance, and further assures reliable, efficient, worry-free operation.
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) ICAP 6300 Duo Vie
The ICP is for elemental analyses in water and solution systems. We have a Thermo ICAP 6300 Duo View Spectrometer as shown at left. It has a Solid State CID Detector, which can simultaneously analyze a sample for multiple elements. It is a time and cost efficient system for elemental analysis.
Dionex DX-500 Ion Chromatograph
This instrument is for determination of polar and ionic species in water and solution systems.
Dionex ICS 6000 Ion Chromatograph
This instrument is for determination of polar and ionic species in water and solution systems. The Dionex ICS 6000 Ion Chromatograph has dual channels with two conductivity detectors and is capable of simultaneously measure two categories of ions.
Thermo FlashSmart Elemental Analyzer
The Thermo FlashSmart Soil NC Elemental Analyzer simultaneously determines the total carbon and nitrogen abundance in a wide range of solid samples.
CEM Mars 6 Microwave Digester
To transform solid samples into liquids for elemental analyses on other instruments. This instrument is housed in the basement of Green Earth Sciences.
Thermo Gallery Aqua Master Discrete Analyzer
The Thermo Gallery discrete analyzer is an automated spectrophotometer. The Gallery is primarily used to measure various forms of nitrogen (NO2, NO3, NH4) and phosphorus (PO4) in solution.
Shimadzu GC-2014 Greenhouse Gas Analyzer
The Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatography system is equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID w/ methanizer), an electron capture detector (ECD), and a thermal conductivity detector (TCD). This system is capable of measuring N2O, CH4, CO2, CO, O2, and N2.
Shimadzu TOC/TN Analyzer
The Shimadzu TOC-L is capable of five different analyses on filtered samples in aqueous solution: Total Carbon (TC), Inorganic Carbon (IC), Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Non-Purgeable Organic Carbon (NPOC), and Total Nitrogen (TN).
Rigaku MiniFlex XRD
The MiniFlex 600 is a fifth generation X-ray diffractometer that can perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of polycrystalline materials. The MiniFlex600 is twice as powerful as other benchtop models, enabling faster analysis and improved overall throughput.
Spectro XEPOS XRF
XRF (X-ray fluorescence) is a non-destructive analytical technique used to determine the elemental composition of materials. XRF analyzers determine the chemistry of a sample by measuring the fluorescent (or secondary) X-ray emitted from a sample when it is excited by a primary X-ray source. The SPECTRO XEPOS is an energy dispersive benchtop polarization x-ray fluorescence spectrometer for multi-element analysis in the laboratory or “in the field”. The simultaneous recording of all elements from sodium to uranium enables screening analyses within seconds.
Labconco FreeZone 4.5 Freeze Dryer
The Labconco FreeZone 4.5L Freeze Dryer is a laboratory lyophilizer with 10-port drying chamber and a compact benchtop design. This instrument removes water from frozen materials by sublimation.