Mass Separations and Mass Spectrometry
We maintain some of the most advanced equipment, methodologies, and facilities for mass separations and mass spectrometry available today
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- Group Leader
- Felicia Taw
- Deputy Group Leader (Acting)
- Harshini Mukundan
- Group Office
- (505) 667-4546
This Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) is the only one of its kind in the DOE complex.
We can measure very low concentrations of radionuclides and have some of the most advanced facilities world-wide for environmental level isotope ratio measurements
Low-level actinide isotopic analysis is a mature capability of C-NR that benefits from a variety of analytical platforms that include multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), single and multicollector sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), quadrupole ICP-MS, and large geometry secondary ion mass spectrometry (LG-SIMS). In cooperation with the LANL Earth System Observations (EES-14) group, C-NR helps lead cutting edge work in the field of stable isotope geochemistry. Low-level actinide analysis capabilities are supported by 10,000 ft2 clean laboratory facility equipped with Class 100 hoods (including HClO4 capable hoods) to provide the greatest degree of flexibility for clean sample preparation.
