Facilities

We welcome collaborative visits from any person, to use equipment in our lab. Anyone wishing to visit our laboratory or to make use of our equipment should, in the first instance, contact:

either Dr Mark W. Hounslow or Prof. Barbara Maher

We also offer cutting-edge services to industry and other scientific disciplines, especially in the areas of dating and correlation, and sediment provenance. See the services section of these pages.

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Magnetometers

RAPID 2G magnetometer (in 2016)
Cryogenic Consultants Ltd., GM400 3 squid Cryogenic Magnetometer.

AGICO JR6, dual speed spinner magnetometer
Molspin Ltd. Fluxgate spinner Magnetometer.

High field Torque Magnetometer
Magnetic Property Measurement System (Quantum Design)

Demagnetizers

Highmoor AF Demagnetizer, with capability for ARM and low speed RRM acquisition. Molspin Ltd. AF Demagnetizer (field 0 to 100mT).
Magnetic Measurements MMTD Thermal Demagnetizer (3-stage controllable temperature ramp from room temperature to 800oC).
 

Susceptibility Meters

Bartington Surface probes, MS2F and MS2D
2 x Bartington MS2 Susceptibility Meters, with whole core loop sensors and sub-sample sensors (dual frequency)

Bartington High- & Low-Temperature Susceptibility System.

Bartington MS1-D Portable Susceptibility Meter.

High field torque magnetometer (under construction)
 

Magnetizers

Molspin Ltd. Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM NUVO), with analysis using the Hystear program of Tilo Von Dobeneck.
Newport 4" Electromagnet Type A (0 to 1.5 Tesla).

Molspin Ltd. IRM Coil (0 to 0.3 Tesla).

Magnetic Extraction Equipment

Magnetic Probe extraction (suitable for ferrimagnetic mineral extractions, <38um)
High-gradient extraction (runs with Newport electromagnet), for paramagnet mineral extraction.