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Geology Photo of the Week # 20 – Feb 3-9

This week we have a photo of the something that has been on my mind a lot for the last little while and will continue to be on my mind in the comings years months weeks. Of course I am speaking of lab work and particularly the new iodine extraction line that I have been developing. Over the past few months I have had a 0% success rate with this damn thing. However, thanks to the fresh ideas and experience of a new radiochemistry professor in our department I have now had some success. In fact, I was so excited by this success that I did one of these:

Anyway, now that some progress has been made it is time to duplicate, refine and start using the line for actual samples. Thus, the photo of the week is a picture of the line that I now get a warm fuzzy feeling looking at as opposed to the former sinking and depressed feeling. Hopefully it lasts…..

My iodine extraction line for solid samples.

Cheers,

Matt

 

Matt Herod is a Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. His research focuses on the geochemistry of iodine and the radioactive isotope iodine-129. His work involves characterizing the cycle and sources of 129I in the Canadian Arctic and applying this to long term radioactive waste disposal and the effect of Fukushima fallout. His project includes field work and lab work at the André E. Lalonde 3MV AMS Laboratory. Matt blogs about any topic in geology that interests him, and attempts to make these topics understandable to everyone. Tweets as @GeoHerod.