Lund University laser-ablation plasma mass spectrometry laboratory

Infrastructure

    Infrastructure Details

    Acronym

    LUCIA

    Description

    LA-ICP-MS is a powerful method for element analysis in a wide variety of solid materials (i.e. minerals, bone & teeth materials, wood, ceramics, etc.) at spatial resolutions from a few up to several hundred µm. Quantitative analyses can be obtained for most elements in the mass range 5-250 amu (practically 7Li to 238U).

    Equipment and resources

    The laboratory is equipped with a Bruker Aurora Elite ICP-MS and a 193 nm Cetac Analyte G2 excimer laser installed with a two volume HelEx2 sample cell. Sample introduction to the ICP-MS system is setup for both liquid samples by nebulizer and solid material by laser ablation.

    Services provided

    1. Age dating of uranium rich accessory phases, e.g. zircon, monazite, baddeleyite.
    2. Trace element analyses of silicate, oxide, and sulfide minerals.
    3. Trace element analyses of calcium carbonate, e.g. shells, bones.
    4. 2D trace element mapping of carbonate and silicate matrixes.
    5. Element- and isotope analysis of micro-phases pre-examined by the FEG-SEM at the Department of Geology (another infrastructure funded facility)

    Management of the infrastructure

    Head: Prof. Ulf Söderlund
    Lab manager: Dr. Tomas Næraa

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Natural Sciences

    Type of infrastructure

    • Equipment

    Free keywords

    • LA-ICPMS
    • U-Pb geochronology
    • trace elements