Acquisition of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

该合同将为美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校的斯克里普斯分析中心提供安装和运行电感耦合等离子体质谱计系统所需资金的一半。大学承诺提供所需资金的另一半。该仪器将满足斯克里普斯海洋学研究所（Scripps institute of Oceanography）大型研究小组对一种高灵敏度测量天然和合成样品中微量元素丰度的方法的需求。应用范围广泛，从沉积物和间隙水的化学研究，到自然核反应及其产物，再到海洋热液羽流的地球化学。

This award will provide one-half of the funds required to acquire an Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer system for installation and operation by the Scripps Analytical Facility at the University of California-San Diego. The University is committed to providing the other half of the funds required. The instrument will fill the need of the large research group at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for a method to measure the abundances of trace elements in natural and synthetic samples with very high sensitivity. Applications span a range from the study of the chemistry of sediments and interstitial water, to natural nuclear reactions and their products, to the geochemistry of hydrothermal plumes in the ocean.