Upgrading of ICP/MS, XRF, and Electron Microprobe Facilities in the GeoAnalytical Laboratory, Washington State University

这笔拨款提供了119,529美元，作为购买计算机升级费用的一半支持，以取代过时的x射线荧光光谱仪（XRF）和电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（ICP-MS）的控制系统，以及在华盛顿州立大学地球分析实验室获得具有成像能力的新型能量色散光谱仪和用于电子显微探针的新晶体。这个实验室被太平洋西北地区和其他地方的地球科学界成员大量使用。这些升级将为外部用户提供不间断的、高质量的整体岩石分析，并继续PI对洪水玄武岩的岩石学和地球化学研究，以及多种多样的研究生和本科生研究项目。＊＊＊

9526433 Hooper This grant provide $119,529 as one-half support of the costs of acquiring computer upgrades to replace antiquated control systems on an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) and inductively- coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) as well as obtaining a new energy dispersive spectrometer with imaging capabilities and new crystals for the electron microprobe at the GeoAnalytical Laboratory at Washington State University. This lab is heavily used by members of the earth sciences community both within the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. These upgrades will allow uninterrupted, high-quality whole rock analyses for outside users and both the continuation of the PI's research on the petrology and geochemistry of flood basalts as well as multiple and varied graduate and undergraduate research projects. ***