Research Facilities

The Department has four floors of dedicated, serviced laboratories containing a wide range of analytical equipment to enable cutting-edge research in a broad range of disciplines. Of these laboratories, eight are designated as Small Research Facilities (SRFs). The Small Research Facilities are run within the Department and are also available for use by external parties.

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The Clean Suite Facility consists of 10 Class 10,000 (ISO Class 7) metal-free laboratories each fitted with 5 Class 100 (ISO Class 5) laminar flow/exhaust hoods and a fume hood. The facility is used for:

  • Ultra-clean metal-free preparation of a variety of sample materials for trace metal concentration and high precision trace metal isotope ratio analysis.
  • Cleaning of plastics for ultra-clean sample collection and processing.
  • Sub-boiling distillation of ultra-pure mineral acids and other laboratory reagents.
  • Production of ultra pure water (18.2 MΩ·cm).