RUI: Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroanalyzer for Florida International University

请拨经费为佛罗里达国际大学地质系购买一台电感耦合等离子体发射光谱分析仪。该仪器将用于FIU教师和附近机构（迈阿密大学罗森斯蒂尔海洋与大气科学学院以及联邦、州和县水文机构）的研究和教育项目所需的岩石、矿物、沉积物、古生物材料、海水和地下水样本的定量、多元素分析。该提案已提交给美国国家科学基金会本科院校研究项目。需要光谱分析仪分析能力的地球化学研究项目包括加勒比沉积物的研究、水资源和饮用水质量的研究、中生代黑色页岩的火山和亚稳态研究。

Funds are requested to purchase an inductively-coupled plasma emission spectroanalyzer for the Department of Geology at Florida International University (FIU). The instrument is to be used for quantitative, multielement analysis of rocks, minerals, sediments, paleontological materials, and seawater and groundwater samples as needed in the research and educational projects of the FIU faculty and those of nearby institutions (the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and federal, state and county hydrological agencies). The proposal was submitted to the NSF program for Research in Undergraduate Institutions. The geochemical research projects requiring the analytical capabilities of the spectroanalyzer include studies of Caribbean sediments, research in water resources and the quality of drinking water, studies of volcanic and metastudies of Mesozoic black shales.