Read about the sample preparation facilities available at the IRM. Most types of sample prep can be carried out here, but some are still better done before you leave home. What can you do here, and what should you do at home? Read more in the current issue of the IRM Quarterly.
Institute for Rock Magnetism
Discovering the Fundamentals of Magnetism in Nature
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and by funding from the University of Minnesota
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Thanks to the generosity of Horst Worm of MAGNON GbmH, the IRM has use of a variable-frequency, variable-amplitude susceptibility bridge. The instrument is available to all IRM visitors. More information here.
IRM Grad Student Jessica Till Wins Prestigious MSA Award
Congratulations to Jessica Till who was awarded one of two 2010 Mineralogical Society of America Grants for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology for her work on “Rutherford backscattering spectrometry studies of Fe chemical diffusion in plagioclase.”
