Purchase of New Gas Source, Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

该奖项提供了所需资金的一半， 获取气体源同位素比质谱仪， 由联合国地球物理实验室安装和操作 华盛顿卡内基研究所。卡内基研究所是 承诺提供所需的剩余资金。 气体源、同位素设计的最新进展 比值质谱仪大大扩展了 稳定同位素地球化学在生命演化研究中的应用 和无机地球化学过程。该仪器将用于 在一些研究项目中，包括对质量的研究， 地壳和上地幔的转移过程， 生化代谢反应中的同位素分馏。

This award provides one-half the funds required for the acquisition of a gas-source isotope ratio mass spectrometer to be installed and operated by the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The Carnegie Institution is committed to providing the remaining funds needed. Recent improvements in the design of gas-source, isotope ratio mass spectrometers have greatly expanded the application of stable isotope geochemistry to research in the evolution of life and inorganic geochemical processes. This instrument will be used in a number of research projects including studies of mass transfer processes in the Earth's crust and upper mantle and isotopic fractionation in biochemical metabolic reactions.