Sample Processing

NOTE: THESE PAGES ARE NOT BEING UPDATED. THEY REPRESENT THE TECHNIQUES WE USED FROM 1994 UNTIL 2006. TO SEE THE TECHNIQUES WE CURRENTLY US, PLEASE VISIT, http://www.uvm.edu/cosmolab/?Page=methods.html

Part of the former UVM cosmogenic extraction laboratory

Processing samples for cosmogenic nuclides is a tedious and time consuming process. The overall goal of the process is to extract and purify microgram quantities of Al and Be from 20-40 grams of pure quartz. To get to this point we do numerous procedures which we illustrate and explain for you below!

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