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Spectroscopy Laboratory

By California Volcano Observatory

Building 15, contact Dawnika Blatter

Two computer screens sit next to an electronic microscope containing a stage for slides
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy microscope stage and electronic interface

The infrared spectroscopy laboratory is designed to measure the amount and speciation of water and carbon species dissolved in naturally and experimentally produced silicate glass and rock-forming crystals. The data are used in magmatic degassing studies and to determine the molecular structure of silicate melts and solid crystals.