Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Microanalysis Facility
Electron Microprobe

Lab Overview

JEOL JXA 8200 Superprobe

New users should be aware of the lab specific safety requirements and should have participated or taken the EHS lab safety training course offered online. In order to be trained on the instrument, users must sign that they have read and understand the lab specific safety sheet. Download a copy here . When you have read it, contact Paul Carpenter or Dr. Jolliff to make arrangements for a lab tour and to sign the blue book.

Dress Code in the lab:
Long pants and closed-toed shoes are a requirement in the lab (sandals are not acceptable). You may also want to bring a jacket or sweater with you, as it gets quite cold in the lab.

Instrument status:

POLICY

Until further notice all microprobe users must use the instrument by mutual agreement of Paul Carpenter and Brad Jolliff. Please remember this when scheduling time on the calendar.

To schedule time:

• Use the electronic calendar to check the schedule and to sign up to use the instrument. Anyone can use this system.
  Please note the new account ID
  The Yahoo! ID is "washueprobe" and the password is "jeol8200". Note: If you already have a Yahoo! account, you will need to sign out and re-sign in using the above ID and Password.
• Other.

Fee Schedule for the JEOL JXA-8200 Electron Microprobe

Notes:

1. Sample preparation including mounting and polishing to be provided by users
2. Minimum usage of microprobe is 4 hour block
3. Mapping rate applied to automated beam/stage mapping runs
4. Daily rate applied to more than 8 hours continuous use, billed in 24 hour days

Location and Mailing Address

Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Room 157

Official Washington University Hilltop Campus map (PDF) (note: North is NOT up). Our new building (unnamed at the moment) is building number 29 at coordinates JK6,5. The old building (Wilson Hall) was building number 105 on this map.

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Campus Box 1169
One Brookings Hall
St. Louis, MO. 63130-4899

Laboratory Phone: (314) 935-5471
Department Fax: (314) 935-7361

Microanalysis Facility References

These references are recommended for the techniques of electron-probe microanalysis, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and x-ray fluorescence.

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