Research Infrastructure and Facilities

Research infrastructure

National Drill Core Archive

Kairasydänarkisto

Geomari – Marine Geology Research Vessel

Merigeologinen tutkimusalus

Outokumpu Mineral Processing Pilot Plant and Laboratories – GTK Mintec

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Finnish Geosciences Research Laboratory

SGL

Research Laboratory

Tutkimuslaboratorio

Geophysical Laboratory

Geophysical Laboratory

Circular Raw Materials Research Infrastructure (RAMI)

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Circular Raw Materials Hub

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Research methods

Outokumpu mineral processing pilot plant and laboratories – GTK Mintec

From research to process design
Comminution
Hydrometallurgy and bioprocessing
Recycling and environmental studies
Gravity and heavy medium separation
Magnetic separation
Process chemistry
Flotation
Mineralogy

Geophysical Laboratory

Espoo and Kuopio

Density
Magnetic susceptibility
Remanent magnetization (remanence)
Combined density-magnetic susceptibility-remanence measurements
Specific resistivity
Field sampling
Preparation of samples

Special measurements (Espoo laboratory)

Magnetic susceptibility and inductive resistivity
Remanent magnetization
Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS)
Magnetic mineralogy
Porosity
Seismic P-wave velocity
Gamma-ray radiation
Geothermal measurements
Hyperspectral studies

Research Laboratory

Electron optics and microanalysis
Radiogenic isotopes and trace element analysis
Stable isotopes
X-ray diffraction
3D-imaging with X-ray tomography
Selective fragmentation