The Marine National Facility has a number of container laboratories available for use on board RV Investigator:

HAZMAT locker
A specialised container for the bulk storage of toxic, corrosive and flammable chemicals. Substances that can be stored include concentrated acids (e.g. sulphuric acid, formaldehyde, formalin, ethanol and acetone.

Laboratory Clean Container
Specialised container for conducting trace metal work. It can be used for chemical and biological oceanography, atmospheric science and geosciences.

Radiation Laboratory
A specialised container for using of low level radioisotopes.

CTD storage container
Specialised clean container for the storage of the trace metal CTD rosette.

Coring storage facility container
A container to store all of the long and short sediment core equipment

It’s the coolest carry-on luggage ever!

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