60 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories Our laboratories offer, among other things, the possibility for microscopy of rocks in thin section, sample preparation under clean room conditions, chemical analyses by means of electron beam microprobe, mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), laser ablation ICP-MS, micro-computed tomography (μ-CT) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). en University of Bremen Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:20:50 +0100 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:20:50 +0100 University of Bremen content-655528 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c655528 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">...means triple-quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We use a Thermo iCAP MTX-900 for quantitative analysis of trace and ultratrace elements in geological and non-geological samples.</span></p> Content content-552923 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c552923 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">...means laser ablation-inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We use an Artifact193 laser ablation system from Elemental Scientific Lasers for quantitative analysis of different types of solid sample materials.</span></p> Content content-552927 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c552927 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">...stands for field emission scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Our lab is equipped with the field emission electron microscope ZEISS SUPRA 40 and a Bruker XFlash 6|30 </span><abbr title="energy dispersive X-ray"><span lang="en" dir="ltr">EDX</span></abbr><span lang="en" dir="ltr"> detector.</span></p> Content content-552922 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c552922 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">...means electron probe micro analysis. We use a Cameca XS100 electron beam microprobe, for high spatial resolution and non-destructive analysis of element concentrations in non-geological and geological samples.</span></p> Content content-552926 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c552926 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">...means X-ray microtomography. At the department of Geosciences at the University of Bremen we use a ProCon CT-ALPHA X-ray microtomograph to non-destructively determine the spatial distribution of matter inside a sample.</span></p> Content content-552928 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c552928 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">...is a closed-system reactor designating an experimental arrangement originally described by Dickson</span>  <abbr title="et alii"><span lang="la" dir="ltr">et al.</span></abbr><span lang="en" dir="ltr"> (1963), used to simulate various processes occurring in hydrothermal systems under laboratory conditions.</span></p> Content content-552930 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:27 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/petrologie-der-ozeankruste/research/laboratories#c552930 <p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">X-ray transparent flow reactors refer to an experimental setup that in our laboratory at Bremen University is used to simulate flow-dependent water-rock interactions under laboratory conditions.</span></p> Content