Facilities & Laboratories :: INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES

The back up of infrastructure with the laboratories viz., Petrology Lab, Structural Geology Lab, Mining Geology Lab, Sedimentology Lab, Micropaleontology Lab, Engineering Geology Lab, Geotechnical Engineering Lab, Geocomputational Lab, Photogeology & Remote Sensing Lab, Coal Geology & Organic Petrology Lab, Geostatistics Lab enables the department to carry out state-of-the-art research and consultancy. The laboratories are equipped with instruments viz., X-ray Fluorescence, X- Diffractometer with Texture Goniometer, Franklin Direct Shear Test Machine, Linkam Fluid-Inclusion Apparatus (Geothermometry + Microscope), MPV Microscope, Polarising Petrological Microscope, Stereo binocular microscopes, Photomicrographic attachment with the microscopes, PT-600 Sartorius Electronic Top loading Balance, Ruska Universal Porosimeter, Vibrating Cup Mill, Universal Model Research Microscope, etc.

MAJOR EQUIPMENT / INSTRUMENTS HELD IN LABORATORIES

Sl.No.	Name of Equipment	Use

1.	X-ray Flourescence (XRF)	Geochemcial Analyses of Major and Trace Elements

2.	X-ray Diffractometer with Texture Goniometer.	Identification of Mineral Phases

3.	Franklin Direct Shear Test Machine	Engineering Properties of rocks

4.	Linkam Fluid-Inclusion (Geothermometry ) Microscope	Themometry of ores

5.	Polarising Petrological Microscope (Transmitted light)	Mineralogical Studies of Rocks and Minerals

6.	PT-600 Sartorius Electronic Top loading Balance	Weighing the samples

7.	Ruska Universal Porosimeter	Engineering Properities of rocks and soils

8.	Vibrating Cup Mill	Powdering the rock samples

9.	Photoautomat	Photomicrography of ores, rocks and minerals

10.	Universal Model Research Microscope	Mineralogical Study

11.	Stereo binocular microscopes	For micropaleontological studies

12.	Several Intel Pentium IV PC	Computation work