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Equipment

Lund University Palaeomagnetic Laboratory is well equipped to measure natural and artificially induced magnetisations. The "flagship" of the laboratory is a 2G-Enterprises superconducting rock magnetometer (model 760), with in-line alternating field demagnetization coils, in-line DC coil for acquisition of anhysteric remanent magnetisations and a separate off-line pulse magnetiser for acquisition of isothermal remanent magnetisations for whole core sections up to fields of 1 Tesla.

 

2G magnetometer
Long-core magnetometer

Thermal demagnetisation of samples can be undertaken in a Magnetic Measurements Ltd MMTD80 thermal demagnetiser, which is equipped with a solenoid and constant current power supply for producing thermal remanent magnetisation as part of the Thellier-Thellier palaeointensity method. Heating can take place in a controlled inert atmosphere.

 

Thermal Demagnetiser
Thermal Demagnetiser

A Princeton Measurements Corporation alternating gradient magnetometer (M2900-2) is available for measuring room temperature magnetic hysteresis properties and time dependent magnetisations.

 

Gradient magnetometer
Gradient magnetometer

An AGICO MFK-FA three frequency multifunction kappabridge for measuring ani- sotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) and bulk magnetic susceptibility in weak variable magnetic fields.

 

Kappabridge
Kappabridge

Other equipment includes:

1. An in-house built magnetic susceptibility core conveyor coupled to a Bartington Instruments Ltd MS2 meter and MS2E1 surface scanner. Discrete sample MS2B dual frequency sensor and a whole core loop are also available.

2. Geofyzica Brno KLY-2 Kappabridge with the CS-2 facility for measuring the temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility.

3. A Redcliffe 700-BSM pulse magnetizer and two Molspin Minispin magnetometers for the induction and measurement of isothermal remanent magnetisations.

For more information about the laboratory facilities contact Andreas Nilsson.

 

Magnetic susceptibility surface scanner
Magnetic susceptibility surface scanner