Facility Support for the Neutron Activation Laboratory in EAPS Department at M.I.T.

该奖项提供三年的部分支持， 研究人员技术人员帮助操作和维护中子 地球系活化分析实验室， 马萨诸塞州研究所大气和行星科学 技术的。该研究所致力于提供其余的 技术人员全职服务所需的资金。 中子活化分析实验室 致力于分析行星材料，主要是 陆地岩石和矿物。主要用户是毕业生和 麻省理工学院和其他研究机构的本科生， 美国东北部的中子活化分析是基于 元素的核性质，是一种敏感的技术， 不容易通过其他技术分析的元素， 取决于元素的电子能级。

This award provides three years of partial support for a research staff technician to help operate and maintain the Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Institute is committed to providing the rest of the funding needed for the full-time services of the technician. The Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory is a facility dedicated to the analysis of planetary materials, principally terrestrial rocks and minerals. Principal users are graduate and undergraduate students at MIT and other research institutions in the northeast U.S. Neutron activation analysis is based on the nuclear properties of elements and is a sensitive technique for elements that are not readily analyzed by other techniques that depend on the electronic energy levels of elements.