Analytical Facilities

• Rock sample preparation facilities at the Institute: Selfrag, mineral separation facilities (e.g., heavy liquid and magnetic separation), microsampler.
• PicoTrace Cleanroom (Class <10 flow hoods, sample digestion, chromatographic separation).
• Multiwave 7000 high pressure microwave digestion system. 
• TIMS (Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer – Triton Plus), equipped with 9 Faraday cups and 1 SEM/CDDs.
  Amplifiers available: 6x 10¹¹, 4x 10¹² Ohm
• MC-ICP-MS (Multi-collector Induced Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometer – Neptune).
  Amplifiers available: 7x 10¹¹, 2x 10¹², 1x 10¹³ Ohm

We are open to inter-disciplinary projects and collaborations with researchers at the University of Bern, in Switzerland, and internationally. For further details, incl analytical costs, please contact Martin Wille (martin.wille@geo.unibe.ch) and Suzette Timmerman (suzette.timmerman@geo.unibe.ch).