Bev,

Raman scatter?! I used to work at Spex Industries (now Horiba). What flavor spectrometer do you have?

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bev Christian
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 6:45 AM
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McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada has a reactor and does neutron activation.  It is as good as Gerry says.

RIM, now Blackberry, has some of the ones you mention, but not most.  Two important ones you did miss that we do have are ion chromatography (with or without MS) and Raman spectroscopy. I presume when you say x-ray spectrometry you are referring to x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.  You are also missing: TMA, DMA, TGA, DSC, SERA, IST, shadow moiré, GC/MS, AAS, AFS, wetting balance, 2D and 3D x-ray inspection, combustion IC, ellipsometry, TDR, bend, shear, keypad testing, strain gages, laser scanners, CMM and acoustic microscopy. And, no, we do not have all of these either.

Bev
Blackberry

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Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 3:12 AM
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Hi Inge, Greetings from Taiwan.... Since it is/was friday....... I used Netron Activation Analysis in college for analyzing mercury in swordfish back in 1973.Also used for lead in fetal blood. Also determined that there is/was one US ounce of gold per 19.3 cubic miles of Boston Harbor Sea Water.Interesting, since I don't think Boston Harbor contains 19.3 cubic miles of seawater. Anyway, the technique, unfortunately requires a nuclear reactor producing what is called fast neutrons.Anybody got one of those handy?MIT did. It is/was the absolute last word for analysis of heavy metals like lead, mercury, gold. No other method was as sensitive.May be different story now. Have fun with this one. Gerry  > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:40:12 +0100
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> I'm familiar with these:
> 
> -X-ray Spectrometry
> -Infrared Spectroscopy
> -Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy -Scanning Electron 
> Microscopy -Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis -Low Energy Electron 
> Diffraction -uger Electron Spectroscopy -X-Ray Photoelectron 
> Spectroscopy -Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry -Field Ion Microscopy 
> -Gas Chromatography
> 
> ....which are pretty ordinary instruments, but look at these:
> 
> -Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy -Molecular 
> Fluorescense Spectroscopy -Spark Source Mass Spectrocopy 
> -Potentiometric Membrane ElectrodeAnalysis -Controlled Potential 
> Couloumetry -Neutron Activation Analysis -Electron Spin Resonance 
> Analysis -Mossbauer Spectroscopy -Herring's Salami Spectaculary 
> -Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis -Neutron Diffraction Analysis 
> -Radial Distribution Function Analysis -Voltammetry Analysis -High 
> Temperature Combustion Analysis
> 
> Wonder if RIM have them all? Yes, I am serious. Can't help it's Friday.
> 
> Inge
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