Carbonate Petrology & Characterization Lab (CPCL)
The Carbonate Petrology and Characterization Laboratory (CPCL) a part of the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Western Michigan University. The CPCL is a collaborative research facility headed by Dr. Stephen Kaczmarek. The CPCL is equipped with various laboratory and analytical instruments for materials characterization and experimental petrology.
Instrumentation
- XRD 2nd Generation Bruker D2 Phaser X-ray Diffractometer
- Mineralogical characterization of carbonate rock and mineral samples
- SEM-EDS JEOL-JSM-IT100LA Scanning Electron Microscope w/EDS
- High-resolution imaging and elemental detection with spatial mapping
- XRF Bruker Elemental Tracer IV-SD System portable XRF Analyzer
- Elemental characterization of rock and mineral samples
- TSP Zeiss AxioPlan 2 Petrographic Microscope with digital camera
- Thin-section characterization of sedimentary rocks
- High-resolution digital scanner
- Slabbed core and thin section imaging
Expert user service fees: collaborative basis
- SEM: On-campus - $40/hour; Off-campus - $60/hour
- XRD: On-campus - $20/hour; Off-campus - $40/hour
- XRF: On-campus - $20/hour; Off-campus - $40/hour
- TSP: On-campus - $10/hour; Off-campus - $30/hour
Assisted user service fees: collaborative basis
- SEM-EDS: On-campus - $70/hour; Off-campus - $90/hour
- XRD: On-campus - $42/hour; Off-campus - $62/hour
- XRF: On-campus - $40/hour; Off-campus - $60/hour
- TSP: On-campus - $50/hour; Off-campus - $70/hour
Full-service fees: non-collaborative basis
- SEM-EDS: $150/hour
- XRD: $80/hour
- XRF: $60/hour
- TSP: $90/hour
Miscellaneous laboratory instrumentation
- Teflon-lined, acid-digestion (23 ml capacity) autoclaves (Parr Instruments)
- Herathem (Thermo Scientific) high-precision density convection ovens
- Metler-Toledo XSE104 high-precision electronic balances
- Eppendorf 5417C centrifuge
Research partnerships
- Michigan Geological Repository for Research & Education (MGRRE)
- WMU Carbonate Sedimentology Laboratory