Geophysical and petrographic tools
Rock magnetism instruments
. Superconducting Magnetometer SRM760R (2G Enterprises) for long samples and with in-line AF demagnetization
. Vibrating sample magnetometer 8604 (LakeShore) with temperature range: 77-950 K
. Susceptibilimeter MFK1 (AGICO), frequency and variable field, low and high temperature, rotational device for anisotropy
. High-resolution magnetic scanner (developed in-house) with permanent magnets up to 1T
. TD48SC PaleoIntensity Furnace (ASC) with controlled atmosphere device
. LDA5 alternating field demagnetizer (AGICO)
. Pulsed field magnet MMPM9 (Magnetic Measurements)
. Helium Pycnometer Stereopycnometer (QuantaChrome Instruments)
. Non-magnetic hydrostatic pressure cells (up to 2.5 GPa)
. Magneto-Optical Imaging (MOI) system with ultra-sensitive camera
. Magnetometer and susceptibility meter for large samples (up to around 5kg)
. Oriented sampling equipment for palaeomagnetism
The Roche Module instruments
. Cutting machine (BROTLAB)
. Double blade carrot saw
. Rectiplaque (BROT)
. Core drilling machine
. Grinder (BROT)
. Polisher (BROT)
. Ring mill
Geophysical equipment
. Flow valve gradiometer with Foerster datalogger
. ABEM Terrameter SAS4000 electrical resistance tomography system
. Ohmmeter for electrical prospecting (4 electrode methods)
. Overhauser effect magnetometer QMLab MMPOS
. Geometrics G856 proton precession magnetometer
. Caesium Geometrics G-858 Steam Gradiometer
. Fluxgate magnetometer for metal detection
. LE3D/5sec 3-axis H/V seismometer
. Portable H/V seismometer (10 x 14 x 8 cm, 1kg) Tromino Blu
. MetMet meteorite susceptibility meter
. Development of printed circuits, measurement and calibration systems.
Microscopy and petrography
. MEB Hitachi S 3000 N, image processing and elemental analysis software : Spirit, EDS : Brucker
. Keyence digital microscope VHX
. Leica Petrographic Microscope DMRXP with a 4k CMOS camera