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Paul Scherrer Institut

Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Uni Bern
Paul Scherrer Institute, Department of Biology and Chemistry
University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
Freiestr. 3, CH-3012 Bern
Tel +41 (0)56 310 24 01
Tel +41 (0)31 631 42 42



Updated:
08.01.2010
E-Mail: thorsten.bartels-rausch@psi.ch


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Tools and Instrumentation

Analytical Chemistry research group (Group Leader: Margit Schwikowski)
ICP-MS
ICP-SFMS with continuous ice melting device (CIM)
under class 100 clean benches
ICP-OES
ICP-OES Instrument IC
Ion Chromatography (IC)
Analytical techniques
  • Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES)
  • Inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS)
  • Ion chromatography (IC)
  • Isotope ratio mass spectrometry
  • Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry
New methods
  • Thermal combustion technique for the analysis of Black (BC), Elemental (EC) and Organic Carbon (OC)
  • Determination of 14C in OC and EC by AMS
  • Continuous ice-melting (CIM) device coupled to an inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometer (ICP-SFMS) to obtain uninterrupted, highly resolved records of trace elements in ice cores
Sample preparation facilities
  • Cold room (-20°C)
  • Class 100 clean benches
Ice core drilling