Technician Support: Multicollector Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer

99422915土地该合同为一名实验室技术人员提供部分资金支持，以监督德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校地质科学系固体源热电离质谱实验室的操作和维护。该机构承诺提供所需的剩余资金。该技术人员将负责协助用户，特别是学生，获得高质量的数据，并通过软件开发、硬件测试和校准来提高质谱仪的能力。热电离质谱仪实验室承担了多名教师的科研和教学任务，需要高精度测定硼、锶、钕、铅、铷、钍的同位素组成，以及用同位素稀释技术测定稀土元素的微量丰度。* * *

99422915 Land This award provides partial funding for the support of a laboratory technician to oversee the operation and maintenance of the solid-source thermal ionization mass spectrometry laboratory in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin. The institution is committed to providing the remaining funds required. The technician will be responsible for assisting users, especially students, in obtaining high quality data, and in enhancing the capabilities of the mass spectrometer through software development, hardware testing and calibration. The thermal ionization mass spectrometer laboratory is engaged in research and teaching projects of several faculty members requiring the determination of high-precision isotopic compositions of boron, strontium, neodymium, lead, rubidium, and thorium as well as the determination of the trace abundances of rare-earth elements by isotope dilution techniques. ***