New Technology to Fight Crime and Terrorism: Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer Facilities (LA-ICP-MS)

澳大利亚迫切需要新技术来预防和打击犯罪和恐怖主义。这一设备将解决法医学和相关学科中目前尚未解决的问题，即：（1）分析微量样品，（2）区分具有类似基质但存在微量差异的样品，（3）分析目前技术难以分析的固体样品。这些设备对于研究也至关重要，这些研究将改善司法系统、食品和保健产品的质量，并通过新的工业和环境测试提高工业竞争力。获得这些基础设施将保障和确保澳大利亚的持续繁荣。

Australia urgently needs new technologies to prevent and fight crime and terrorism. This equipment will address current outstanding problems in forensic science and related disciplines, namely the requirement to (1) analyse minute quantities of samples, (2) differentiate samples with similar matrices but trace differences, (3) analyse solid samples that are difficult to analyse by current techniques. This equipment is also vital for research which will improve the justice system, the quality of food and health products and increase industry competitiveness through novel industrial and environmental testing. Acquiring this infrastructure will safeguard and ensure Australia's continuing prosperity.