The research topics include paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, petrophysics, environmental magnetism and extraterrestrial material research.
Instruments
- 2G Model 755 DC SQUID Superconducting Rock Magnetometer with 2G Model 600 AF demagnetizer (310 mT)
- AGICO JR-6A spinner magnetometer
- ASC Model TD48-SC thermal demagnetizer (800°C in vacuum or controlled atmosphere)
- AGICO LDA-3A AF demagnetizer (100 mT) with AMU-1A ARM magnetizer (500 uT)
- AGICO KLY-3S kappabridge (875 Hz, 300 A/m rms) with CS-L and CS-3 low and high temperature units (-190°C – +800°C) and AMS spinner (2x10-8 SI)
- MMPM 10 pulse magnetizer (9 T)
- AGICO PUM-1 pulse magnetizer (200 mT)
- Quantachrome Ultrapyc 1200e pycnometer (grain volume measurement)
- Ultrasonic vp and vs measurement under variable pressure and temperature
- Risto 5 petrophysics set with: density, magnetic susceptibility (1025 Hz, 48 A/m rms), magnetic remanence, and electric conductivity units
- Princeton Measurements Model 3900, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (1.2 T)
- ZH instruments SM100/105 multifrequency susceptibility meter (0.063 – 512 kHz, 10 – 320 A/m rms)
- Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity Meter, TCS optical scanner (Lippmann & Rauen GbR). TCS applies a high precision, noncontact method based on optical scanning.
Contacts:
Johanna Salminen, +358 2941 50585
Tomas Kohout, +358 2941 51008,
firstname.lastname (at) helsinki.fi