MRI/RUI: Acquisition of a GC/MS System for Enhancement of Research/Teaching at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

该奖项来自主要研究仪器（MRI）项目，位于科珀斯克里斯蒂的德克萨斯a&m大学化学系将获得一台气相色谱质谱计（GC/MS）。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括a)农药和其他疑似内分泌干扰物的半定量分析；B)基于沉积脂质组分的气候模式分析；C)水生生物对环境污染物响应的机理研究；d)开发一种新型空气采样技术，该技术使用固体环糊精捕获不稳定的挥发性多环芳烃。气相色谱仪与质谱检测（GCMS）是一种非常强大的技术，用于分离和分析复杂的混合物。这台仪器将大大加强德州农工大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校（一个主要的本科生机构）环境化学的科学研究。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi will acquire a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC/MS). This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) the semiquantitative analysis of pesticides and other suspected endocrine disruptors; b) analysis of climate patterns based on sedimentary lipid components; c) mechanistic studies on aquatic organisms' response to encironmental contaminants; and d) development of a novel air sampling technique that uses solid cyclodextrins to trap unstable volatile polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometric detection (GCMS) is an extremely powerful technique used for the separation and analysis of complex mixtures. This instrument will substantially strengthen scientific research in environmental chemistry at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a primarily undergraduate institution.