SCS Microanalysis Lab Status

Facility Announcements:

• The MicroAnalysis Lab will be closed on campus holidays throughout the year.
• Technicians may not be available at all times, due to vacation or other needs outside of the lab.  Please check with the technicians if you have a specific deadline for your results.
  
  • Dr. Ashley Blystone, Director - (ICP, TGA, DSC, ITC, general lab needs) - blystone@illinois.edu 
  • Beth Eves - (CHN, Surface Area/Physisorption/Chemisorption) - bleves@illinois.edu 
  • Crislyn Lu - (ICP, Halide) - calu@illinois.edu 

Microanalysis Lab Equipment

We have a new submission system and it can handle Physi and Chemi requests, along with elemental analysis!  https://go.scs.illinois.edu/fbs 

• ICP-OES -
  • UP
• ICP-MS - 
  • MS Analysis turn around times are delayed/extended.
• CHN - UP
• Halide
  • F - UP
  • Cl - UP
  • Br - UP
  • I - UP

Walk-up instruments

• DSC - UP – Contact scs-microlab@illinois.edu to schedule training.
• TGA - UP – Contact scs-microlab@illinois.edu to schedule training.
• ITC – UP – Contact scs-microlab@illinois.edu to schedule training.
• 3FLEX / Surface Area / Physisorption / Chemisorption : Contact scs-microlab@illinois.edu to schedule training.
    ChemFom is not used for this instrument.
    Staff can also run samples for clients, instead of clients running the samples.
  • Physisorption - UP
  • Chemisorption - UP
  • Smart Vac - UP