I use the following instrumentation for my research projects and most of them are available at the OU unless specified otherwise:
1) Electron Probe Micro Analyser (EPMA)
2) Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
3) Quadruple Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
4) Laser ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) - OU and the Natural History Museum
5) ICP-AES - The Natural History Museum
5) Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) - Washington University, St Louis
6) Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro Probe (SHRIMP) - Hiroshima University, Japan
7) Multi Collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS) - OU, The Natural History Museum, CNRS Toulouse
8) Noble gas mass spectrometer - The University of Manchester
9) Laser-based noble gas mass spectrometer
More information on analytical instrumentation and clean lab facilities available at the OU can be found at http://www3.open.ac.uk/Earth-Sciences/facilities/facilities.shtml
