• GSI has an isotope geology laboratory with a VG 54R Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer
• A clean laboratory with class 100 and class 1000 work area and laminar flow hoods are available for sample preparation
• In house facilities for the production of ultrapure water and acids (HF, HCL, HNO3) by sub-boiling quartz stills and double teflon bottle distillation.
• NANOPURE system for ultra pure water
• A rock processing laboratory equipped with jaw crushers, sample splitters, TEMA mills, vibrating sieves, Wilfley table, Franz Isodynamic separators Heavy liquid separation arrangement and binocular microscopes.
• An XRF laboratory with Phillips PW1400 Xray Fluorescence machine with IBM computer attachment.
• High pressure press for the preparation of powder pellets for XRF study.
• Modern computers for data reduction and plotting.
• GSI has qualified and trained officers to carry out  all aspects   of isotopic studies along with other scientists from the user agencies.

Services available

• Sample preparation
• XRF analysis of rock sample
• Rb-Sr whole rock analysis of geological samples
• U-Pb, Sm-Nd techniques will soon be introduced with multi-collector Sector 54F Mass spectrometer

Mail to Dy. Director General (Op.III) for further information.
Last modified:8th October, 2004