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 8 10^-11 amplifiers with a maximum signal range of 50V and 2 10^-13 amplifiers witha maximum signal range of 500mV.
The Neptune was installed in 2012. 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.
