Sample Preparation Facilities

Equipment:

• Seives: most common opening sizes from 8 mm to 20 um

• Drying ovens:
  • two large (60 cu ft)
    • one for plant material
    • one for soil material
  • four small (6 cu ft)
  • temperature range ambient to 200 C.
    
• Grinders (for plant/soil material):
  • One ball mill for soil samples up to 30 grams @ up to 30 sample/hr.
  • Two bench top whiley mills for herbaceous vegetation samples )1-100 grams)
  • one floor model Whiley mill for large vegetation samples including small woody samples.
  • One Retsch grinder for mixed soil/vegetation samples (special usage fees may apply).
    
• Centrifuges:
  • High Capacity- 6 liter capacity (6x1 l bottles) up to 5000 G - may also use up to 30-50ml tubes
  • High speed- 14x 50 ml tubes up to 30,000 G
  • Medium capacity- 4 x 750 mls capacity up to 4000 G - May also use up to 20-50ml tubes.
  • Low capacity- 16 x 50 mls capacity up to 2500 G.
    
• Muffle furnace:
  • 2 cu ft capacity temperature range 100 to 1000 C.