User services

National service for the scientific community

As part of its national service mission, LN2C provides the French research community (universities, EPST, EPIC) with the following resources and capabilities:

Sample preparation by LN2C engineers
The provision of laboratories for visitors to prepare their samples, under the responsibility of permanent LN2C staff
Measurement of targets by the ASTER instrument

LN2C is not a commercial service measurement laboratory.

Request for preparation and measures

All requests for preparation and/or measurement must be made using the form below.

Application form

The form should be sent to ln2c@cerege.fr
No preparation or measurement will be carried out on samples not identified by this form.
The form can be used to calculate the cost of preparations and measurements according to the rates in force.
Order forms separate must be established for the preparation and measurement of your samples

Pricing

Preparations

The cost per sample covers the cost of consumables and the operation of the preparation laboratories.

Be et Al
Cl carbonates
Cl silicates No preparation as part of national service. These samples are prepared solely in collaboration with CEREGE researchers.

Measures

The cost per sample covers the operating costs of the ASTER instrument.

Scientific production

All articles using data produced by the LN2C must be deposited in the archive HAL and associated with LN2C collection.

Acknowledgements of articles should contain the following sentence: ASTER AMS is part of the LN2C national facility (CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence). It is supported by INSU/CNRS, IRD and AMU, and is a member of the REGEF and Plateforme Aix-Marseille networks.