Own instruments
Analysis
LC-ICP-MS |
Elemental analyzer |
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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) |
EEM (Hitachi F-7100) |
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HPLC (PDA) |
Gas chromatography (FID) |
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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 glasswear |
Small Muffle furnace for analyses |
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Vacuum freeze dryer |
Fine pulverizer |
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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 (vacume/ventilation/windless), peristaltic pumps, ultrasonic baths, an ultrafiltration system, …
Infrastructure
Growth chamber (Big one with lights) |
Small one without light |
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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 such as IEW/ultrapure water systems, an autoclave, deep freezers, fume hoods…
All reagents are registered with barcodes and properly managed with an online system.
Field equipment
Large-scale DOM isolation system
(used for the isolation of L. Biwa fulvic acid standard sample of JHSS)
(JHSS HP)

Large-scale Soxhlet extractor for DAX-8 |
Large-scale water filtration system |
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And complete sets of soil sampling/preparation tools.
Access on the campus (for a fee)
NMR (Avance-500, with priority access) |
ICP-AES |
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XRF |
SEM |
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Other devices available at the Research Facility Center for Science and Technology of Kobe University include:
HPLC-Orbitrap, TEM, STEM, XRD, FE-SEM, CIS, SPES (ESCA), AFM, RAMAN, ELLIP, CMS, ESR, and EPMA
Access at Kyoto University
Collaborative research with Nakamura Group at Institute for Chemical Research
FT-ICR MS (data processing by ICBM-OCEAN)

Carbon isotopes (δ13C, Δ14C) will be measured at other institutes.