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Durham University

Laser Ablation Sampling System for ICPMS

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33114000 38200000 38636110
Value£164k
Deadline27 Mar 2019
Published10 Jun 2019
RegionNorth East
Timeline
Published 10 Jun 2019ClosedCloses 27 Mar 2019
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£164ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

The Department of Earth Sciences wishes to purchase a 193 nm excimer laser ablation sampling system with large-format, two-volume ablation cell, for chemical characterisation of solid geological, archaeological, environmental and biological materials.

Typical research activities will include quantification of trace elements in igneous minerals, melt inclusions and carbonates, which are used to answer fundamental questions related to volcanology and magmatism, and explore historic records of climatic change, respectively.

The instrument will be used to analyse complex materials including rocks, minerals, soils, sediments, fossils and archaeological specimens.

The instrument and all ancillary items should be fully installed and operational before 31st July 2019 (ideally earlier) and will be housed in the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University.

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The instrument and all ancillary items should

The instrument and all ancillary items should be fully installed and operational before 31st July 2019 (ideally earlier) and will be housed in the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University.

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