Objective/function

• The laboratory is active in the field of paleomagnetism and rockmagnetism

Research provided

• Measurement of natural remnant magnetization of rock samples with wide range of magnetization. The noise level ranges from high 10e-9 to low 10e-8 emu
• Automatic stepwise alternating field (AF) demagnetization up to 200 mT
• Thermal demagnetization in a shielded furnace
• Isothermal remnant magnetization acquisition up to 16 kg
• Magnetic susceptibility measurements 
• ARM experiments and measurements
• Measurement of absolute paleointensity

Advantages

• Highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced researchers utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and technologies

Client record and collaborations

• Israel Electrical Company (Nuclear Power station Project)
• Geological Survey of Israel
• Israel Antiquity Authority 
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography - USA 
• GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam - Germany
• University of Toronto – Canada
• University of Tel Aviv

Available equipment

• ARM magnetizer 615 of 2G Enterprise integrated with AF coils.
• ASC IM-10-30 impulse magnetizer with a field range of 30g to 16kg
• ASC TD48 thermal demagnetizer with capacity of 48 samples, three-layer magnetic shield heat chamber and five-layer cool chamber 25-800°C
• Bartington susceptibility system MS2
• Magnetic particles extract line
• Shielded, three-axis cryogenic magnetometer SRM750 (sensitivity of 10-8 emu), with integrated AF coils (maximum of 200 mT)

Staff

• Hagai Ron, PhD
• Amotz Agnon, PhD

Contact

• Hagai Ron, PhD hagairon@vms.huji.ac.il

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