The Centre for Trace Element Analysis, hosted by the Department of Chemistry, specialises in the analysis of the metallic elements and their isotopes for wide-ranging applications in the earth, environmental, climate, planetary, archaeological and biomedical sciences.
Projects as diverse as past and present climate change, to the migration practices of prehistoric humans, to cell-transfer and metabolism in the human body can be investigated using these elemental and isotopic systems.
The Centre’s instrumentation consists of a multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICPMS) equipped with high-resolution capabilities for high-precision isotopic analysis, a quadrupole ICP-MS primarily for elemental composition analysis, and two supporting laser ablation systems for use on either machine.
A ‘Class 10’ (ISO 4) ultra-clean laboratory supports sample preparation activities at the Centre.
Contact us
For general enquiries and queries please contact:
Associate Professor Claudine Stirling
Email:cstirling@chemistry.otago.ac.nz
or
Dr Malcom Reid
Email: mreid@chemistry.otago.ac.nz
Postal Address:
Department of Chemistry
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Street address for deliveries:
Department of Chemistry Store
Union Place West
Dunedin 9016
New Zealand
Tel: +64 3 479 7894
Fax: +64 3 479 7906
