Facilities — University of Arizona Heavy Isotopes Laboratory

University of Arizona Heavy Isotopes Laboratory

Description of facilities

We are in the process of setting up our new laboratory facilities at University of Arizona! Stay tuned for more updates.

'Zircon' room in clean lab

Acid distillation room in clean lab

'Trace Metals' room in clean lab

Sub-boiling stills in clean lab

Ovens room

Petrographic and picking scopes

More lab photographs

Sub-boiling acid distillation in clean lab

Sub-boiling acid distillation in clean lab

Loading filaments at MIT for ID-TIMS

Loading filaments at MIT for ID-TIMS

Elution curve calibration using Eichrom vacuum box

Elution curve calibration using Eichrom vacuum box

Dissolving a fragment of Zr metal for a gravimetric solution

Dissolving a fragment of Zr metal for a gravimetric solution

Making new columns from heat-shrink Teflon

Making new columns from heat-shrink Teflon

Building columns for Zr chemistry

Building columns for Zr chemistry

Lisa Z. (PhD) doing TODGA column chemistry

Lisa Z. (PhD) doing TODGA column chemistry

Loading zircon in microcapsules for dissolution

Loading zircon in microcapsules for dissolution

Lisa Z. (PhD) flux fusing rock samples

Lisa Z. (PhD) flux fusing rock samples

Freshly baked lab magmas (i.e., flux-fused powders)

Freshly baked lab magmas (i.e., flux-fused powders)

Leaching new PFA bottles

Leaching new PFA bottles

Cleaning PFA microcapsules for zircon dissolution

Cleaning PFA microcapsules for zircon dissolution

Parr acid digestion vessels for high-pressure dissolutions

Parr acid digestion vessels for high-pressure dissolutions

Single Zr spikes prior to double-spike mixing

Single Zr spikes prior to double-spike mixing

Fluxing new PFA beakers for Pb chemistry

Fluxing new PFA beakers for Pb chemistry

Bottle farm!

Making microcolumns for zircon U-Pb chemistry

Making microcolumns for zircon U-Pb chemistry