SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE
Facilities
USPMag provides facilities that support the different stages of research, from sample preparation and storage to magnetic measurements, data processing, meetings, and academic activities.
OUR FACILITIES
Integrated infrastructure
Each laboratory space serves a specific purpose in the scientific workflow, providing suitable conditions for sample preparation, measurements, storage, analysis, and discussion of data.
PREPARATION
Sample preparation room
Proper sample preparation is a fundamental step in paleomagnetic and rock magnetic analyses. USPMag has a dedicated area for cutting, drilling, and preparing geological materials, allowing samples to be produced in dimensions compatible with the laboratory’s different instruments.
Circular saws
Used to cut rocks.
Drill press
Used to obtain the cylindrical rock cores traditionally analyzed in paleomagnetism.
HIGH-SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENTS
Magnetically shielded room
Some magnetic signals studied at USPMag are extremely weak. To measure them accurately, the magnetometers are installed in a space designed to reduce the influence of the external magnetic field.
We currently have the largest magnetically shielded room in Latin America.
INSIDE THE ROOM < 500 nT
Magnetic field inside the shielded environment.
SÃO PAULO ≈ 22.800 nT
Approximate local geomagnetic field intensity.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Shielding with high-permeability materials
The room’s walls consist of alternating layers of wood and sheets of grain-oriented silicon steel, a high-magnetic-permeability material that facilitates the conduction of magnetic flux.
Silicon steel provides a preferential path for magnetic field lines, concentrating and channeling part of the flux through the material and significantly reducing its influence inside the room.
The resulting environment provides suitable conditions for high-sensitivity magnetic analyses.
COLLECTION AND ORGANIZATION
Rock collection and sample storage
USPMag maintains a rock collection for organizing and storing materials used in research projects, teaching activities, and reference collections.
Proper organization of these collections helps preserve materials and maintain their traceability, enabling reanalysis, comparisons among techniques, and use in new studies.
WORK, COLLABORATION AND COFFEE
Workspace, collaboration and coffee
USPMag has a space for data processing, meetings, scientific discussions, and support for students and facility users. Officially, it is our meeting room; unofficially, everyone knows it as the Coffee Room.
Workstations
Computers available for data processing, visualization, and interpretation.
Meetings and scientific discussions
Space for project meetings, training, and academic activities.
User support
Workspace for researchers and students while using the laboratory facilities.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
The laboratory’s most important piece of equipment
The coffee machine has been working tirelessly since 2009, keeping the Coffee Room productive.
*No reservation through USP Multi is required.
SCIENTIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Facilities and equipment working together
USPMag facilities are designed to support researchers and students throughout the experimental workflow, providing suitable conditions for material preparation, measurements, sample storage, and scientific activities.