Acquisition of an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer for high-throughput major and trace element analysis of aqueous solutions

该合同将为新墨西哥州地质矿产资源局和新墨西哥州矿业技术研究所(NMT)提供资金，用于购买新的安捷伦5900电感耦合等离子体光学发射光谱仪(ICP-OES)。新仪器将取代过时/过时的电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪。除了为新工具提供资金外，该奖项还将支持一个新的外展项目，教育学生了解当地的水资源。该计划旨在扩大参与--实施一项为期两年的高中计划，在索科罗县公立学校支持下一代科学标准，这也支持西班牙裔和美洲原住民人口。购置新的国际比较方案-地球观测系统支持地质局目前的任务，并将支持几个新的长期研究和外联项目。最近聘用的地质局和国家气象局下属的教职员工和研究人员正在制定计划，以满足电子产品和国家电力供应对稀土元素(REE)日益增长的需求，对水资源可持续性和水质的不断变化的需求，以及发展碳捕获和封存的迫切需求。该仪器还将支持在生态学、环境化学、化学机械和等离子体纳米研究方面的新研究。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will provide funds to purchase a new Agilent 5900 Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) for the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT). The new instrument is replacing an outdated/obsolete ICP-OES. In addition to funding for the new instrument, the award will also support a new outreach program to educate students about their local water resources. The Program is designed to broaden participation – implementing a two-year high school program that supports Next Generation Science Standards in Socorro County public schools, which also supports Hispanic and Native American populations. Acquisition of a new ICP-OES supports the ongoing mission of the Bureau of Geology and will support several new long-term research and outreach projects. Recently hired faculty and researchers affiliated with the Bureau of Geology and NMT are establishing programs to address the increasing need for rare earth elements (REE) in electronics and the national power supply, changing demands on water resources sustainability and water quality, and the urgent need to develop carbon capture and sequestration. The instrumentation will also support new research in ecology, environmental chemistry, chemomechanics and plasmonics nanoresearch.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.