MRI: Acquisition of an ICP-OES for Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies and Training

1039502 Li测定液体样品中十亿分之一（ppb）水平的无机污染物对于环境影响、废物毒性特性、废物处理、处置和利用的研究至关重要。许多环境样本具有时间敏感性，而且交付的数量很少，因此限制了可以进行的测试数量。当需要在同一样品中分析大量元素或污染物时，这尤其成问题。因此，非常需要一种能够在小样本体积中同时分析多种元素的仪器。电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪（ICP-OES）是满足这些要求的理想仪器。它可以在较低的ppb水平上同时测量所有对环境和健康有影响的重金属。该项目的目标是获得一台ICP-OES，以改善杰克逊州立大学（JSU）的环境研究。该仪器将存放在密西西比杰克逊的杰克逊州立大学工程学院土木与环境工程系的环境工程实验室。

1039502LiDetermination of inorganic pollutants in liquid samples at parts per billion (ppb) levels is essential for the studies of environmental impact, waste toxicity characteristics, waste treatment, disposal, and utilization. Many environmental samples are time-sensitive and delivered in small quantities thereby limiting the number of tests that can be performed. This is especially problematic when a large number of elements or contaminants need to be analyzed within the same sample. Therefore, an instrument that can analyze multiple elements simultaneously in small sample volumes is highly desired. The Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) is an ideal instrument to meet these requirements. It can simultaneously measure all the heavy metals that are of environmental and health concerns at lower ppb levels. The objective of this project is to acquire an ICP-OES to improve the environmental studies at Jackson State University (JSU). The instrument will be housed in the Environmental Engineering Laboratory at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi.