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The ATAM program does not have its own laboratory, except for a
small room where we do PIMA
spectroscopy. Instead, ATAM researchers use the instrumental
facilities in different parts of campus depending upon the nature of
the project and the budget available.
Because the University of Illinois is a large research university, similar analytical facilities exist in more than one department. The techniques that have been most commonly used by ATAM are: X-ray radiography, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and neutron activation analysis (no longer available on our campus).
The Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) has one of the best radiocarbon dating laboratories in the country. ISGS has an excellent Clay Minerals Unit, with an X-ray diffraction laboratory. Also available at ISGS are atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), SEM/EDS, and XRF.
The Microanalysis Center at the Materials Research Laboratory has especially fine equipment for detailed surface analysis of materials. Additional instrumentation includes: secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), scanning auger microprobe (SAM), Rutherford backscattering (RBS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
ATAM has also used analytical facilities in the departments of
Chemistry, Geology, Textile Science, Veterinary Medicine, and the
Cement Center.
Available techniques include:
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