Analyses employed in the Khabarovsk Analytical Center, and their instrumentation provision

Analysis of element and isotope composition

Kinds of analysis: X-ray fluorescent, atomic absorptive, chemical spectral, β-γ-spectrometric, flame photometry,mass-spectrometric.

Instrumentation: KFK-2 photocolorimeter, Spectroscan, Yulia-2 spectrometer, FLAFO-40 flame photometer, HITACHI atomic absorptive spectrometer, MI-1201T mass-spectrometer, PROGRESS β-γ-spectrometer.

Chromatographic analysis

Kinds of analysis: gas, volatile and organic compound chromatography.

Instrumentation: chromatographs M 3700, LKHM 8 MD, NR-1050, NR-5890, KHROM-5, 530, BIOKHROM, THS CAMAG thin-layer chromatography.

Structural analysis

Kinds of analysis: optical and electron microscopy, IR, UV-, and NIS-spectroscopy.

Instrumentation: Specord-80 IR and IR-75 IR-spectrometers, SF-46 spectrophotometer, HITACHI scanning electron microscope, BS-613 transmission electron microscope.

Sample pretreatment

Procedures: sawing, crushing, rock material grinding, thin and polished section preparation.

To conduct special analytical investigations, the KhAC works in close contact with the following laboratories of the Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics: petrophysics (petromagnetic investigations), tectonics (inclusion study of minerals, and microphotography), and geoinformation technologies (compilation of data bases and operations with them).