Acquisition of Analytical Instrumentation for Interdisciplinary Biogeochemical Research

该合同将用于购买Perkin Elmer Optima 2100 DV气旋式电感耦合等离子体光学发射光谱仪(ICP-OES)和安装在印第安纳州立大学(ISU)生物地球化学实验室的MilliPore Milli-Q Element水系统。收购国际比较方案-OES将扩大执行支助股现有的分析能力，并将大大增加执行支助股和附近大学的教职员工和学生的研究机会。通过减少对电感耦合等离子体质谱仪的需求，该仪器将用于地球科学中许多科学领域的研究，包括低温地球化学、古海洋学、环境地球化学、树枝化学、地质考古学和生态学。该仪器也将是仪器分析本科实验室项目的重点，并将被纳入许多本科和研究生水平的地质学课程，这些课程具有研究组成部分，包括环境地球化学、生物地球化学、地球化学和研究方法。获得国际比较方案-OES将培养学生在实验室和课堂上的实践研究经验。

This award will support the acquisition of a Perkin Elmer Optima 2100 DV Cyclonic Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) and a Millipore Milli-Q Element water system to be housed in the Biogeochemistry Laboratory at Indiana State University (ISU). The acquisition of the ICP-OES will expand the existing analytical capabilities of ISU and will significantly increase research opportunities for both faculty and students at ISU and nearby colleges. Acquisition of the ICP-OES will complement existing instrumentation housed in the Department of Chemistry by reducing the demand for the ICP-MS so that it can be dedicated to trace element analyses.The instrumentation will be used for research across many scientific disciplines within the earth sciences, including low temperature geochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental geochemistry, dendrochemistry, geoarchaeology, and ecology. The instrument will also be the focus of an instrumental analysis undergraduate laboratory project and will be incorporated into many undergraduate and graduate level geology courses that have a research component, including environmental geochemistry, biogeochemistry, geochemistry, and research methods. Acquisition of the ICP-OES will foster hands-on student research experiences in the laboratory and classroom.