Kochi Core Center’s facilities and equipment
The Center has leading-edge instruments for analyses and reefers for storing core samples. The core samples can be used for basic to applied research.
To see details of the facilities and equipment, please click on names mentioned in the facility map below.
Core Logging
Paleo and Rock magnetism
- Magnetically shielded room
- Pass-through Superconducting Magnetometer for U-Channel Samples Model 760R (U-channel), 615L
- MPMS MPMS-XL5
- VSM MicroMag3900
- Magnetic Balance NMB-89
- Kappa Bridge KLY-3S
- Spinner magnetometer SMD88
- Thermal demagnetizer TDS-1
- Alternating Field (AF) demagnetizer DEM-95
- Pulse magnetizer MMPM10
Rock sample cutting
Physical property
- Rotary-shear high-speed frictional testing machine MIS-233-1-HSTR-90
- Mini consolidation testing system for permeability and porosity measurements MIS-235-1-55 E35
- Flow-Type Histogram Analyzer FPIA-2100
- CNS element analyzer CNS-2000
- Particle Size Analyzer Mastersizer2000
- Refractive index measurement using the thermal immersion method RIMS2000
- Pentapycnometer Pentapyc 5200e
Inorganic Geochemistry
- Sample preparation room
- Double-Focusing High Resolution ICP Multi-Collector Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MC-MS) NEPTUNE
- Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) TRITON TI
- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IR-MS) Thermo-Finnigan MAT 253 Mass Spectrometer
- IsoPrime
- Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) Elan DRCII
- Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer(ICPAES) Optima DV4300
- Atomic Absorption Spectrometer AAnalyst800
Organic Geochemistry
X-ray based analyses
Microscopy
- Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) JSM-6500F
- Stereomicroscope Stemi SV11 (SV11-R), Stemi SV6, Stemi 2000
- Color laser microscope VK-8550
- Digital microscope VH-8000
- CCD Color Digital Camera System AxioCam HR
- Film Camera MC200 CHIP
- Universal Photo Microscope Axiophoto2 (PH2-FL/Ph/DIC)
- Inverted Microscope Axiovert (V200M-FL/PH/DIC) + AxioCam HR
- Polarizing Microscope Axioskop 40 A Pol, Axioplan2 Imaging Pol (P2IPOL-T/R2), Axiolab Pol (LABPOL-T/RS), Axiolab Pol (LABPOL-T1),
Spectrochemical Analysis
Microbiology
- 3100 Genetic Analyzer ABI PRISM 3100
- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope LSM510META
- Cell Sorter EPICS ALTRA HyperSort Type3
- luminescence image analyzer LAS-1000
- Automatic DNA extraction system MFX-2100
- UV gel imager FAS-3 full system & DS-30
- Anarobic globe box
- Ultra centrifuge Optima
- Centrifuge machine GRX-250
- Vacuum centrifuge dryer DNA120
- Compact cooling centrifuge MX-300
- Cooling centrifuge for plates LX-130
- Large incubator MLU-2-HGT
- Shaking incubator MLU-3-MR-16
- Fluorescent microscopy BX-51
- Fluorescent objective microscope SZX12-RFL3-1
- Spectrophotometer UV-2550PC
- High performance liquid chromatography LC-10 VP
