Own instruments
Analysis
| LC-ICP-MS (PerkinElmer) |
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer |
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| Elemental analyzer (Elementar Vario EL Cube) |
Elemental analyzer (PerkinElmer 2400II) |
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| DOC/TDN (TOC-L) |
DOC (TOC-V) |
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| UV-vis (JASCO V-630) |
UV-vis (Thermo GENESIS 10S UV-vis) |
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| EEM (Hitachi F-7100) |
HPLC-DAD (One is also for GPC) |
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| Ion chromatography |
Potentiometric titrator |
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And other basic instruments such as pH meters, EC meters, a moisture analyzer (with halogen heating), a soil three-phase analyzer, a soil actual volumenometer, …
Preparation
| High-speed refrigerated centrifuge |
Centrifuge rotors (10-800 mL) |
Eppendorf centrifuge (1 mL) |
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| Ultrasonic homogenizer |
Automatic acid digestion system |
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| Muffle furnace for glassware |
Small Muffle furnace for analyses |
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| Fine pulverizer (multi) |
Fine pulverizer |
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Vacuum freeze dryer
And other basic instruments such as water filtration systems (glass/plastic/metal), analytical balances, rotary evaporators, reciprocal (water bath) shakers, magnetic stirrers, Soxhlet extractors, drying ovens (vacuum/ventilation/windless), peristaltic pumps, ultrasonic baths, an ultrafiltration system, …
Infrastructure
Fume hood (One is perchloric acid-durable)
| Growth chamber (Custom) |
Growth chamber (small) |
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| Low-temperature incubator |
Clean bench |
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| Cooling room (5 degC) |
Soil sample preparation/archive shed |
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| Experimental field |
Net house |
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And other basic instruments including IEW/ultrapure water systems, an autoclave, deep freezers…
All reagents are registered with barcodes and properly managed with an online system.
Access on the campus (for a fee)
| NMR (Avance-500, with priority access) |
HPLC-Orbitrap (Exploris 240) |
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| XRF (NANOHUNTER) |
ICP-AES (Agilent 5900) |
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| FE(electron gun)-SEM-EDS (JSM-IT800) |
Bentchtop SEM-EDS (JCM-7000 NeoScope) |
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Other devices available at the Research Facility Center for Science and Technology of Kobe University include:
TEM, STEM, XRD, CIS, SPES (ESCA), AFM, RAMAN, ELLIP, CMS, ESR, and EPMA
Access at Kyoto University
Collaborative research with Nishimura Group at Laboratory of Biomass Conversion, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanospere
FT-ICR MS (data processing by ICBM-OCEAN)
Access at The University of Tokyo
Collaborative research with Yokoyama Group at Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
AMS (Single-stage)
Access at Gifu University
Collaborative research with Ohtsuka Group at River Basin Research Center
EA-IRMS
