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GENERAL X-RAY SERVICE OF THE UPV/EHU: ROCKS AND MINERALS

Range of services

Depending on the types of analysis requested, the following services are offered:

  • Measurement of diffractograms in optimal conditions for the requested purposes.
  • Identification of minerals or other crystalline phases, estimation of the crystallite size from the diffractograms, specific mineralogical analysis of clays using XRD of oriented aggregates.
  • Chemical analysis of major elements, and some trace elements, in geological and related samples, on bored glass pearl support, including loss through calcination.
  • Qualitative / semi-quantitative chemical analysis in solid or powder samples, in cases where it is not possible or advisable to make a beaded glass pearl. Standardless software based on Fundamental Parameters is used.
  • Scientific advice with the possibility of combining the results obtained in this Service with those from other complementary analytical techniques.
  • For external consultancies, petrographic studies of thin sheet rock samples.
  • Writing and issuance of reports of results.
  • Training through specific courses in collaboration with the Molecules and Materials Unit of this same Service. Teaching support in different grades and masters.