Acquisition of a High Performance Liquid Chromatography System

有了化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的这一奖项，阿肯色州州立大学的化学系将获得一台高效液相色谱仪。这一设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括：（a）草酸盐岩石涂层中生物有机化合物的特性;（B）利用毛细管电泳进行环境风险评估研究的稀土元素地球化学;（c）开发新的柱后色谱法，测量饮用水和天然沃茨中的化学物质;（d）确定植物雌激素对哺乳动物生殖的影响。 高效液相色谱（HPLC）是一种非常强大的技术，用于复杂混合物的分离和分析。这些研究的结果将对地球化学、环境化学和生物学等多个领域产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Arkansas State University will acquire a high performance liquid chromatograph. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) characterization of bio-organic compounds in oxalate rock coatings; b) rare earth element geochemistry using capillary electrophoresis for environmental risk assessment studies; c) development of new post-column chromatographic methods for measuring chemical species in drinking and natural waters; and d) determination of the effects of phystoestrogens on mammalian reproduction. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is an extremely powerful technique used for the separation and analysis of complex mixtures. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including geochemistry, environmental chemistry and biology.