Structural and chemical analysis

The following major equipment is available at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut:

• 1 X-ray powder micro-diffractometer
• 1 X-ray powder diffractometer with furnace and cryostat
• 2 automated single-crystal X-ray diffractometers
• High-brilliance X-ray system
• Single crystal X-ray diffraction with super-bright source
• 1 Mössbauer spectrometer (1.5 - 1300 K)
• 3 Mössbauer microspectrometers
• 2 FTIR spectrometers with IR microscope
• FEG transmission electron microscope (TEM), 200 kV analytical, with EDS and PEELS
• FEG scanning TEM, 80-200 kV analytical, with 4-SDDs EDS and post-column energy filter (EFTEM/EELS)
• FEG scanning electron microscope (SEM) with BSE detector, EDS, EBSD and CL
• Dual beam device, focused ion beam (FIB) and FEG SEM. In situ easy-lift manipulator,
  STEM and EDS detector, and beam deceleration option
• 3 Micro-Raman spectrometers with ultraviolet and visible lasers
• Tandem-multipass Fabry-Perot interferometer for Brillouin scattering spectroscopy
• JEOL JXA-8200 electron microprobe; fully-automated with 14 crystals, 5 spectrometer configuration, EDX, capability for light elements
• 193 nm Excimer Laser-Ablation ICP-MS
• Water content determination by Karl-Fischer titration
• GC/MS-MS for organic analyses
• Confocal 3D surface measurement system