SESS has cutting-edge instruments to understand the planet, such as Nano-scale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS), High-resolution Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer (253 Ultra), Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer (FT-ICR MS), Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS, 0.5MV), Multi-collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IR-MS), etc..
The Center for Analytical Science and Technology (CAST) in SESS is a center for analytical research and expertise training. Equipped with 39 sets of state-of-the-art instruments ad devices, the CAST encourages combined efforts among scientists and engineers to advance the development of innovative analytical methods in the cross-disciplinary areas of Earth system science.
