Another post-doctoral fellow, Weiliang Gong , conducts research that supports our work on sinter glass and zircon. Students pursuing master's and doctoral degrees can work in CeRaM's laboratories under the guidance of their advisors and CeRaM's Director. During 1996-97, ten students worked with us. The following is a list of significant equipment in our labs. Used to study biogeochemical reactions under controlled conditions of alkalinity, redox potential, and temperature.
Liquid is injected through the column by a high-pressure liquid chromatograph pump.
The device is equipped to measure anions, such as nitrate and acetate, and calcium, sodium, and magnesium. This apparatus is connected to a chiller capable of automatically controlling temperature between 0 and 90 degrees Celsius. The lower detection limit is 0.05 micrograms per liter and measurement accuracy is about 15 percent at 1 microgram per liter and above. The probe can be used with a 610DM monitoring system to collect data in the field. The data can be then transferred to a computer to be processed using the PC 6000 software.