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Section 3.2 Organic Geochemistry

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Analytical GC & LC

In the Chromatography Lab whole oil analyzes are performed with special attention to saturated hydrocarbons, highly volatile organic compounds, and lipid fractions (e.g. fatty acids, alcohols, sterols).
Aqueous Chemistry

For quantification of organic (e.g. acetate, formate) and inorganic anions (e.g. chloride, sulfate) in aqueous samples ion exchange chromatography is used.

The quantification of the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in aqueous samples and chromatogra…
HELGES – Clean Laboratory for Cosmogenic Nuclides

Within HELGES, we have more than 100 m² of clean lab space is available for separation of meteoric and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides. We prepare wide-ranging sample substrates for meteoric cosmogenic nuclides (e.g. rocks, sediments, soils, river w…
HELGES – Clean Laboratory for Stable Metal(loid) Isotopes

Within HELGES we have a ISO 6 metal-free clean laboratory, dedicated entirely to blank-sensitive metal(loid) geochemistry. Numerous ISO 4 laminar flow hoods are available for the preparation of wide-ranging sample substrates for non-traditional stab…
HELGES – Element 2 | High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

The Thermo Scientific Element 2 is a highly sensitive, high-resolution sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Perform accurate and reliable quantitative multi-element analyses at trace level, with the highest sensitivity and with…
HELGES – Helmholtz-Laboratory for the Geochemistry of the Earth Surface

In the HELGES Laboratory, sample preparation and measurements of cosmogenic nuclides (¹⁰Be, ²⁶Al) and stable isotopes of metals and metalloids (currently Li, Mg, Si, Fe, Sr, B) in geological and environmental sample materials, such as sediments, roc…
HELGES – Iridium Strip Heater

An iridium strip heater is a specialized heating device that uses iridium, which has a high melting point, corrosion resistance, and excellent electrical conductivity. At the HELGES laboratories, the Iridium strip heater is used to produce homogeneo…
HELGES – Mineral Sorter

The mineral sorter is suitable for separating minerals from sediment in which the minerals to be separated differ in brightness and color. After previous sieving, the dry sediment is sorted into light and dark parts up to a maximum grain size of 1 m…
HELGES – Neptune | Multicollector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS)

The main application of the Neptune MC-ICP-MS mass spectrometer is the analysis of stable and radiogenic isotope ratios of elements purified from a wide range of geological materials, including rocks, soils, plants, waters, and more. We have establi…
HELGES – Sample Digestion System

Our laboratory is equipped with one of the latest sample digestion systems. The Multiwave can digest samples of all kinds - e.g. food, environmental, pharmaceutical and, of course, geological samples. The samples can be digested at up to 300°C and 2…
HELGES – Sample Preparation Laboratories

Samples of all kinds are pretreated in our sample preparation laboratories. Samples are usually first dried, sieved or separated into magnetic or non-magnetic components in a magnetic separator based on their magnetic properties. Separation based o…
HELGES – UV Femtosecond Laser Ablation

The UV fs laser ablation lab at HELGES is a state-of-the-art facility for the in situ micro-scale analysis of isotope ratios and element concentrations in a wide range of solid geological and environmental materials (such as rocks, minerals, soils, …
HELGES – Varian & Spectro | Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)

The ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer) allows simultaneous detection and quantification of most elements in solutions at concentrations ranging from a few ng/g (ppb) to hundreds of µg/g (ppm). We analyse a wide select…
HELGES – iCAP Q | Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (Q-ICP-MS)

To analyse element concentrations in a wide range of materials two Q-ICP-MS (iCAP Q by Thermo) are available. Samples can be analyses as solutions (e.g. water samples or rocks after acid-dissolution). Alternatively, a femtosecond laser ablation syst…
HELGOM - Helmholtz Laboratories for the Geochemistry of Organic Materials

In the Organic-geochemical Laboratories both biotic and abiotic transformation processes of sedimentary organic matter from shallow to deep, young to old, terrestrial to marine, and from molecular to basin scales are investigated.

The Organic-geoch…
High-res MS

FT-ICR-MS is applied for the characterization of polar compounds like NSO (nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen containing organic compounds) in fossil and recent geological samples (sediments, sedimentary rocks, coals, soils, and water samples), assessment …
Microscopy

The microscopy lab comprises facilities for reflected-light microscopy for organic petrography.

Reflected light microscopy is applied in the field of organic petrography for the reconstruction of facies, determination of thermal maturity and deter…
Organic Clean Lab

This lab will be dedicated for the contamination-free workup and analysis of ultra-trace abundances of soluble organics and samples for molecular biological studies. Currently, it is under construction.
Pyrolysis Lab

For the thermal decomposition of organic matter different pyrolysis techniques are applied. They are used in combination with different gas chromatographic methods such as gas chromatography, gas chromatography mass spectrometry and gas chromatograp…
Solid State Analyses

For solid state analyses, a thermo combustion based CHN analysis of organic materials is applied.  

Further, a Horiba LabRAM HR Evolution Raman spectrometer with motor driven table and Olympus microscope can be used. This spectrometer is equipped wi…
Stable Isotope Lab

The Stable Isotope Lab addresses stable hydrogen isotope analysis of lipids and hydrocarbons (lean samples), stable carbon isotope analysis of lipids, hydrocarbons, gases (lean samples), stable carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis (rich samples) as …
Wet & prep Chemistry

The preparation laboratory includes facilities for the extraction of the soluble organic matter from sediments, sedimentary rocks, coals, microbial cultures and water samples using flow-blending-extraction and ultrasonic-extraction tools. Further, m…