Environment, Mining, Oil & Gas
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• Studying in situ phase transformations in geological samples under extremes of temperature and pressure.
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• Evaluating the performance and ageing of materials (e.g. metals and polymers) used for the storage and transport of petroleum
and petrochemical products.
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• Studying the structure and composition of meteorites and interplanetary dust.
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• Mineral and rock microstructural analysis to help evaluate
new mining opportunities and assess natural oil and gas reservoirs.
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• Assessing environmental contamination, including identifying
extremely low concentrations of elements associated with the petrochemical and mining industries.
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• Real-time imaging of water flow in geomaterials, in concrete and for cooling applications in the nuclear industry.
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•Characterising zeolites to improve oil catalytic cracking.
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• Phase and structure mapping of concrete mixtures during in situ
wetting.
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• Studying emulsions to improve oil transport.
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• Analysis of trace elements in petroleum and petrochemical products.
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• Characterising rock fossils to improve the extraction of fossil fuels.
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• Elemental and speciation analysis of crude oil.
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• Chemical characterisation to improve waste management.
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• Analysis of major components with <1% uncertainty and trace elements at parts-per-billion concentrations.