Analytical facilities at the department of Earth Sciences
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Sample preparation
Lathe machine, GNM-1, Nagmati Om Agencies
Rock core drill, CB700, Gemini enterprises
Jaw crusher, BB100, Restch Gmbh Germany
Jaw crusher, BB100, Restch Gmbh Germany
Low speed diamond saw, EQ-SYJ-150, MTI Corporation
Thin Section preparation unit, PetroThin, Bhuler USA
Deformation table, A2, 160613, MA Laxmi
Longitudinal wave transducers, Blue Star Engg
Water purification system, Direct Q-3, Supereme Chemicals and Instruments, Kanpur
Rock Cutting Machine, Abrismet 250, Bhuler USA
Microwave sample preparator, Titan MPS, Parkin Elmer, Singapore
Dual blade rock saw PSM RC-6
Primary rock cutter 152993 MK-101
Table top precision cutting cum Grinding machine, Bain-Thin Geo, METCO
Rock grinder with VFD control system PSM/RG-1
Desktop precision diamond wire saw with touch screen control NST-202A
Double disc fully automatic grinder/polisher Bainpol PMV037, MATCO
Hot plate, Bain Geo Heat, METCO
12 ton press, CARVER
Automatic lapping machine, CHENNAI METCO BAINPOL–AUTO
Automatic Rock Cutting Polishing Machine, BUEHLER
High precision CNC PROXXON
Diamond abrasive saw, BARRANCA DIAMOND 169201-BD-10 TRIM SAW
Drill Press (dry)
High-Temperature Furnace, LABTRO
Grinder, BOSCH
High-speed diamond abrasive saw, BUEHLER
Hydraulic Hot Mounting Press, METCO
Low speed diamond saw, MIT CORPORATION
Miniature precision lathe, PROXXON
Mounting Press
Precision cutter, PROXXON
Semi-automatic Precision lathe, GEDEE WEILER
Sanders, FERM
Oven Max temp. 300°C., BENCHTOP EQUIPMENT INC
Surface grinding machine, SAI MACHINE TOOLS
Vaccum Impregnation Unit
Ultra sonic cleaner, LMUC-3
Vibratory polisher, BUEHLER VibroMet 2
Vacuum oven Max temp. 300°C., LABTRO INC
Physical/mechanical characterization
Gas Pycnometer, PYC-10A, Porus Material Inc.
Porosimeter-Permeameter, LP100A-GP101A, Porus Material Inc.
Digital oscilloscope, PicoScope 4824, Analytical Electronic Service
Compression Testing machine, Heico Engg
Pulse generator Machine, 5058PR-40-P, Olympus Science solutions
Grain Size analyser, Sedigraph III-5120, Micromerits Instruments
30 MPa pressure vessel (triaxial cell)
Gas medium deformation rig
He-gas Pycnometer
High pressure temperature Adsorption Desorption setup
Pulse decay permeameter
Triaxial load frame, WILLE GEOTECHNIK
Geophysical
SYSCAL Junior R1 Plus Switch-72 Resistivity meter, SYSCAL Junior R1 Plus Switch, Iris Instrument, France
SYSCAL SWITCH Pro-48 Resitivitymeter(EXTENSION UNIT), SWITCH Pro 48, Iris Instrument, France
Direct reading digital resistivitymeter( DDR3), DDR3, Integrated Geo Instrument, Hyderabad India
CG6AUTOGRAV™ GRAVITY METER(Scintrex), Scintrex Limited, Canada
GSM-19T Proton Precession Magnetometer, GSM-19TW, Gem Systems Inc, Canada
T-VLF RECEIVER, VLF, Iris Instrument, France
ESS1000 WITH 950-1000 Pound hammer (seismic energy source)
GEOPHONES, SG-10, Sercel S.A. France
RAU (CABLE FREE SEIMIC ACQUISITION UNIT), RAUeX, Sercel S.A. France
Portable magnetic Susceptibility meter SM30, ZH Instruments
Portable magnetometer, MagDrone R3, SENSYS
VLF Instrument, GSMV 19 GEM Systems Inc. Canada
Remote sensing and mapping
Drone, Phantom 4 Pro, DJI
Terrain Mapping Image rower system, R10-V10, Trimble Europe
Fixed wing drone. UX5 Arial Imaging rover, Trimble Europe
TX 8 scanner, Trimble Europe
ARC GIS 10.8, ESRI
ENVI, ESRI
MOVE suite software program, Petroleum Experts Limited
Matric 600 Pro Hexacopter
Quadcopter
Thermal, multispectral, hyperspectral sensors
Chemical/mineralogical/petrographic characterisation
Nutrient Analyser, XY-2 Sampler, M/s Seal Analytical
Vertical Laminar Airflow Fume Hood, NU-164-424E, Medispec Limited
Polypropylene Fume Hood, Polypropylene, Nano Clean Contamination control solutions
Revolving Centrifuge, R-24, Associated Traders, Kanpur
Liquid Water Isotope Analyzer(LGR), LWIA-45-EP, Los Getos Research, CA
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, AAYLST 400, Parkin Elmer, Singapore
Scanning Electron Microscope EM, JSM-6010PLUS/LA, JEOL Asia Pte
X Ray Diffraction, Panlytical X-PERT3, Panalytical
UIC Coulometer, CM 5017 Coulometer, UIC
Cathode Luminscence MK5 electron gun, CITL MK5, Cambridge Image tech
ICPMS, iCAPQc, ThermoFisher Scientific
Research grade polarising microscopes from Leica and Zeiss
Microscopy lab with student grade polarizing microscopes from Leica
Scanning optical microscope, Leica DM 04
Agilent® 8900 Triple Quad ICP-MS
Ion Chromatography, 930 Compact IC Flex, Metrohm
Cary 60 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, Agilent
Stereo microscope Leica S APO
Petrological microscope Leica
Sunlight simulator, Honle Evacube
Gamma Spectroscopy ORTEC DSPEC jr 2.0
Magnetic separator FRANTZ MODEL LB-1
OSL Reader RISO TL/OSL READER MODEL DA-20
Reflecting microscope, METZER