The Burns laboratory has a wide range of equipment for studying mineralogy and actinide chemistry, with a focus on nano-scale control.  This includes a Bruker Nanostar Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) instrument, two Bruker APEX single-crystal diffractometers, a Bruker Discovery powder diffractometer, a Scintag diffractometer, a micro-infrared spectrometer, a UV Vis spectrometer, many ovens, furnaces, reaction vessels, etc.