Development of the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Instrument at Purdue University

该奖项提供了一半的资金，以支持 现有串列加速器系统的主要设备升级 在普渡大学普渡大学致力于提供 该项目所需的剩余资金。 普渡大学的加速器设施致力于 加速器质谱技术的应用 在地球科学中。此次设备升级将使该设施 来分析稀有的、长寿命的、宇宙起源的同位素， 氯-36、铝-26、碘-129和其他， 在各种领域的测年和示踪应用的准确性 包括海洋科学，考古学，固体地球科学， 大气化学、生物科学、行星科学，以及 生态

This award provides one-half the funding necessary to support a major equipment upgrade to an existing tandem accelerator system at Purdue University. Purdue University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for the project. The Purdue accelerator facility is dedicated to the application of the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) technique in the geosciences. This equipment upgrade will allow the facility to analyze for rare, long-lived, cosmogenic isotopes such as chlorine-36, aluminum-26, iodine-129 and others with sufficient accuracy for dating and tracer applications in a variety of fields including ocean science, archaeology, solid earth sciences, atmospheric chemistry, biological sciences, planetary sciences, and ecology.