Acquisition of an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer for a multi-user facility for geological, biogeochemical, and environmental research

为地质、生物地球化学和环境研究的多用户设施采购一台电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪

• 批准号: 1053957
• 负责人: Louis Derry
• 金额: $ 10.66万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-15 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1053957&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; inductively; coupled; plasma; optical

Cornell University seeks to establish a multi-user elemental analytical facility with an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) for the analysis of a wide variety of samples for environmental, geological, energy, and ecological research. ICP-OES is capable of rapid and sensitive multi-element analysis in a variety of sample matrices, and is a robust technology well-suited for serving a broad user base. Active research foci at Cornell that will greatly benefit from ICP-OES include geothermal energy, environmental aqueous and soil geochemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, biogeochemistry, environmental engineering, geological carbon sequestration, and tight gas exploitation by hydraulic fracturing, as well as material sciences. A significant expansion of state of the art facilities for elemental analysis will enable a wide variety of research at Cornell and our regional higher education partners. The facility will support projects ranging from the development of exotic metal catalysts for fuel cells, to recovering the chemistry of the ancient oceans, to understanding the mechanisms of metal transport in subsurface brines, to magmatic processes associated with volcanism, and beyond. The new instrumentation will be used to directly address regional environmental issues, such as quantifying the impacts of acid rain on forest nutrient supply and the impacts of hydraulic fracturing in natural gas exploration on water quality. We plan to integrate hands on education in analytical techniques and data quality control/quality assurance for students from Cornell and regional colleges.

康奈尔大学寻求建立一个多用户元素分析设施，配备电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪（ICP-OES），用于分析环境，地质，能源和生态研究的各种样品。ICP-OES能够在各种样品基质中进行快速灵敏的多元素分析，是一种非常适合服务于广泛用户群的强大技术。康奈尔大学的积极研究重点将大大受益于ICP-OES，包括地热能，环境水和土壤地球化学，火成岩和变质岩石学，岩石地球化学，环境工程，地质碳封存，通过水力压裂开采致密气，以及材料科学。元素分析的最先进设施的显着扩展将使康奈尔大学和我们的区域高等教育合作伙伴能够进行各种各样的研究。 该设施将支持各种项目，从开发用于燃料电池的外来金属催化剂，到恢复古代海洋的化学性质，到了解地下盐水中金属运输的机制，再到与火山活动相关的岩浆过程等。新仪器将用于直接解决区域环境问题，例如量化酸雨对森林养分供应的影响以及天然气勘探中水力压裂对水质的影响。我们计划为康奈尔大学和地区学院的学生整合分析技术和数据质量控制/质量保证方面的实践教育。