Services

If you are interested in using the facility, please contact us with the following information:

• Name of person filling out form:

• Institution and department:

• Primary contact person for this study:

• PI associated with this project:

• Financial point of contact for invoicing:

• Email addresses for all correspondence about this study:

• Describe what sorts of samples you wish to analyze (e.g., preconcentrated seawater; acidified filtered stream water; purified human blood):

• What are the major dissolved constituents of the sample, for example do they contain dissolved sugars, or salts? What is the approximate total dissolved solids content?

• Have these samples been filtered, and if so how?

• Have the samples been acidified, and if so, how:

• Target elements/isotopes:

• What is the expected concentration of the target analytes in your samples?

• Approximate number of samples to be analyzed:

• Instrument to be used (Agilent 5110 ICP-OES, Agilent 8900 QQQ ICPMS, Neptune MC-ICPMS, Not sure):

• Nebulizer type (Quartz, PFA, Not sure):

• Inlet system (Quartz spray chamber, APEX Q, APEX Omega, Not sure):

• Cone setup (Jet/x, Jet/h, Non-jet/x, Non-jet/h, Not sure):

• Please tell us a little more about the project. For example, what are your scientific goals? What are you hoping to learn from these analyses? How will these samples fit into a larger scientific project?

Please note: 

The PLASMA facility provides use of instruments and technical support in setting up analytical runs, but we are not a full-service analytical lab with regards to producing finalized data. It is the responsibility of the users to choose the analytical methods and protocols which will yield high-quality data for their unique application, and to perform all post-processing of raw data for finalization. We are always willing to offer friendly advice on an ad hoc basis, and users have the option to pay for technical support for methods development. But final responsibility for data quality lies with users.