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The Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research is a research group-based major geochemical analytical facility housed in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS) at the University of British Columbia.
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| The primary goals of the PCIGR are to foster innovative research that covers the range of research opportunities in the earth, ocean, and environmental sciences by providing an integrated analytical facility unique in Canada. The Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) officially opened on Dec. 12, 2002 and finally settled in the EOS Main building in January 2005, in new clean rooms and hepa-filtered laboratories. |
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| Our Instruments |
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There are 8 mass spectrometers in PCIGR, including three thermal ionization mass spectrometers (TIMS; Thermo Finnigan Triton-TI and two Micromass/VG/GV (a VG54R single-collector and a Sector) TIMS), a multiple collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS; Nu Plasma), a high-resolution ICP-MS (HR-ICP-MS; Thermo Finnigan Element2, with a New Wave Merchantek Nd-YAG laser), a laser-equipped noble gas mass spectrometer (NGMS; Micromass VG5400 with a New Wave Merchantek MR-10 laser system), and two light stable isotope ratio mass spectrometers (LS- IRMS; Thermo Finnigan DeltaPlusXL and Thermo Finnigan DeltaPlus) with various interfaces.
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The PCIGR is a unique facility that:
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Provides high-quality analytical services and support for researchers from the major western Canadian universities, various government agencies, the mineral exploration industry and the international research community.
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Promotes training and multi-disciplinary research in the earth, environmental, oceanographic, atmospheric and biological sciences.
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