The Neptune Plus is equipped with 10 faraday cups and 5 multipliers. The multipliers are in the axial position, attached to the high and low faraday cups as well as two additional multipliers for measuring Pb isotopes. It has 7 10^-11 amplifiers with a maximum signal range of 50V and 3 10^-12 amplifiers witha maximum signal range of 5V.
The Neptune was installed in 2012 under the direction of Dr. Steve Goldstein. It is currently used primarily for Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb. The Neptune has also been utilized for U-Th isotopic analyses. All these samples have been processed through the appropriate separatory columns prior to analysis. Laser ablation of zircons for Hf, and micas for Li and B have also been performed on our Neptune.
