MRI: Acquisition of a Quadrupole ICP-MS

0821302TomascakFunds from this Major Research Instrumentation（MRI）Program grant will support acquisition a quadrupole detection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer（quad ICP-MS）to allow for high precision trace element analysis of digested minerals，rocks，soil and deposits，natural沃茨and plant material. 四ICP-MS将支持SUNY-Oswego地质学、化学和生物学系的一系列研究，包括：混合岩和花岗岩岩石成因的地球化学调查;基于微量金属代用品的与海洋和湖泊沉积相关的古氧化还原条件调查;微量金属对胰岛素生物化学影响的实验研究;研究湿地植被对土壤和沃茨中重金属螯合的植物修复潜力。 SUNY-Oswego不是博士。授予机构。 ICP-MS将提供本科和硕士学位。学生有机会获得与国家的最先进的技术，天然材料的高精度元素分析的实践经验。 项目研究员打算在一些课程中纳入电感耦合等离子体质谱实验室练习，其中一个课程将包括对从刚果民主共和国采集的饮用水样本进行重金属分析，在刚果民主共和国，目前公众使用受污染的供水与婴儿死亡率高有关。 共同PI前进党打算与刚果政府合作，根据对所要求的ICP-MS获得的实验数据的分析，改进公共用水做法。 ***

0821302TomascakFunds from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program grant will support acquisition a quadrupole detection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (quad ICP-MS) to allow for high precision trace element analysis of digested minerals, rocks, soils and sediments, natural waters and plant material. The quad ICP-MS would support a range of research across the Departments of Geology, Chemistry and Biology at SUNY-Oswego including: geochemical investigations of migmatite and granite petrogenesis; investigations of paleoredox conditions associated with marine and lake sedimentation based on trace metal proxies; experimental studies of the effects of trace metals on insulin biochemistry; and studies of the phytoremediation potential of wetland vegetation for sequestering heavy metals in soils and waters. SUNY-Oswego is a non-Ph.D. granting institution. The ICP-MS will afford undergraduate and M.S. students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with state-of the-art techniques for high precision elemental analysis of natural materials. The PIs intend to incorporate ICP-MS lab exercises in a number of courses, one of which would include heavy metal analysis of drinking water samples retrieved from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where current public use of polluted water supplies is associated with high infant mortality. Co-PI Kadima intends to work with the government of the Congo to improve public water use practices based on analysis of experimental data obtained with the requested ICP-MS. ***