BACKGROUND: The Environmental Measurements Facility (EMF) provides quantitative analysis and technical expertise to members of the Stanford community needing to conduct soil, gas, and water measurements.

USER & TECHNICIAN OPERATED INSTRUMENTATION: The center houses both user and technician operated instruments. All instruments in the center are user operated instruments with the exception of the ICP-OES and ICP-MS. In the case of a user operated instrument, the user must obtain training on the instrument from the center’s staff before being allowed to sign up for the instrument and use it independently. All user run instruments, other than the GC, are available to be run by a technician on a case by case basis at a minimum charge of two times the user rate. If you are interested in having your samples run by the EMF technical staff, you must contact a technician and receive an affirmative response before signing up for instrument time.