Order Services

The AQRC Monitoring Group offers analytical services and equipment for monitoring and measurement. To learn more about these services or to place an order, contact Principal Investigator Ann Dillner or the method expert listed for each technique.

Elements

X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)

Order Services: Ann Dillner 

Synchrotron-induced X-ray Fluorescence (SXRF) 

Order Services: Nicholas Spada

Elemental analysis at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.

Provides elemental concentrations for Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, I, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, W, Pb, and Bi for various sample types.

Minimum order of 1,100 samples required.

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory Proton Analysis 

Order Services: Nicholas Spada

Elemental analysis via Proton-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), Proton Elastic Scattering Analysis (PESA), and Rutherford Backscattering (RBS).

Provides elemental concentrations for H, C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn for various sample types.

Minimum order of 200 samples required.

Carbon

Carbon Analysis

Order Services: Ann Dillner 

FT-IR Rates

Order Services: Ann Dillner

*Minimum order of 50 filters required

Optical

HIPS Analysis

Order Services: Ann Dillner 

Mass and Optical Analysis of Strip-based Samples

Order Services: Nicholas Spada

Soft beta ray attenuation and multi-angle/broadband spectroscopy.

Provides mass concentrations and absorption/scattering coefficients at 16 wavelengths for size-segregated samples collected by the DRUM impactor.

Minimum order of 8 strips required.