Behind the Scenes – Sintering SIMS Standards!Delve into current research at the Center with this periodic news feature, and catch a glimpse of what our students and scientists are working on right now! Ph.D. Candidate Emilie Dunham is melting a mixture of oxide powders in a platinum crucible to make a new standard for SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analysis of… |
Behind the Scenes – Aridus IIDelve into current research at the Center with this periodic news feature, and catch a glimpse of what our students and scientists are working on right now! The Center recently installed a new Aridus II Desolvating Nebulizer System; this highly specialized sample introduction equipment is used to increase analyte element sensitivity during isotopic analysis of… |
Season’s Greetings!San Francisco Mountains, IVA iron meteorite. Image ⓒ ASU/CMS. |
Iron Meteorite Dedicated to Class of 2020!To welcome this year’s incoming ASU freshmen, the Center for Meteorite Studies has partnered with the School of Earth and Space Exploration to dedicate a meteorite to the Class of 2020. The Class of 2020's meteorite is actually a collection of spheres cut from the Gibeon iron meteorite. Gibeon was found in Namibia, in 1836,… |
