Service offers - Methods
TU BAF – in cooperation with TU Bergakademie FreibergHIF – in cooperation with Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology Freiberg
UVR-FIA – in cooperation with UVR-FIA GmbH Freiberg
- Ore microscopy (reflected light polarisation microscopy)
- Transmitted light polarisation microscopy (TU BAF)
- Preparation and management of method specific manufacturing of high-quality preparations
- Scanning electron microscopy with semi-quantitative element analysis and cathodoluminescence (TU BAF)
- Electron beam microprobe analysis for quantitative element analysis (TU BAF)
- Mineral Liberation Analysis by automated scanning electron microscopy (placement to TU BAF, HIF)
- Qualitative and quantitative X-ray diffractometry for mineral diagnostics (TU BAF, UVR-FIA)
- Major and trace element geochemistry tuned to the specifics of the commoditiy *
* Selection of proper methods and laboratories. Laboratory fees subject to prepayment. - Isotopic analysis of 34S und 18O (laboratory located at TU BAF)
- Isotopic analysis of radiogenic isotopes (placement to TU BAF)
- Mineralogical analysis of processing-related parameters of mineral commodities
- Photometry and reflectance measurements of powdery and polished solids
- Optical spectroscopy of solids (luminescence and absorption under UV-VIS)
- Mapping of mercury anomalies in soil gas (TU BAF)
- Lithologic-palaeontologic facies analysis and stratigraphic analysis (TU BAF)
- Diagnostics of minerals, rocks, and fossils