TNA3: Planetary Sample Analysis

TNA 3 coordinator: B Marty , C Cloquet , CRPG-CNRS

TNA3 Planetary Sample Analysis combines the resources of three of the world's leading analytical laboratories (within the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CNRS/CRPG) Nancy France; The Open University, UK and the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) to analyze meteoritic and sample returns with un-paralleled precision, offering very specific isotopic analysis. State of the art equipment including ion probe facilities incorporating latest NANOSIMS instrument capable of resolving chemical structures at 50nm scale for a range of elements including C, N, O, S, Si, Mg; a range of isotope facilities for non metallic (H, He, C, O, S) and metallic Sr-Nd-Pb- Fe elements used routinely in meteorite, lunar and terrestrial rock studies with a number of state of the art GC-Mass Spectrometers capable of routinely detecting concentrations of the order ppb. All three partners can provide sample preparation facilities and are routinely used to analyse extraterrestrial material.

Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CNRS/CRPG) Nancy France

• Ion Probe Camera 1270
• Noble Gases Facility
• Non traditional stable and radiogenic isotope Facility
• Stable isotopes in organic matter Facility

The Open University, UK

• NanoSIMS 50L
• Mass Spectrometry for Cosmic Samples

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

• VUA Isotope Geochemistry Facility