Materials Characterisation Laboratories

Property and Facilities are developing new materials characterisation laboratories on Level 0 and Level 2 of the Foxtail Building (1019) at the University of Queensland, Long Pocket Campus.

The Materials Characterisation Hub will be a shared facility between the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM) and the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES).

Construction began in September 2022 and is expected to be completed by April 2023.

This project is the first phase towards establishing a new mineral/material characterisation hub.

It includes refurbishments to establish a Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro Probe (SHRIMP) facility and bundle cognate activities from SMI, CMM and SEES.

The SHRIMP requires accommodation in a stable heavy load-bearing facility. The work required to get the SHRIMP operating is the current priority.

Connecting the CMM, SEES and SMI brings us closer to establishing a Central Research Platform (CRP) and industry hub in hard material and rock/mining at Long Pocket.