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

该奖项为麻省理工学院地球、大气和行星科学系的一名研究人员技术员提供三年的部分支持，以帮助操作和维护中子激活分析实验室。研究所承诺提供技术员全职服务所需的其余资金。中子激活分析实验室是一个专门分析行星材料，主要是陆地岩石和矿物的设施。主要用户是麻省理工学院和美国东北部其他研究机构的研究生和本科生。中子活化分析基于元素的核属性，是一种敏感的技术，适用于那些不容易用其他依赖于元素电子能级的技术进行分析的元素。

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.