Upgrading of the Neutron Activation Laboratory in the Earth,Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Laboratory in the MIT-WHOI..

该合同为麻省理工学院地球、大气和行星科学系中子活化实验室升级设备组件提供了59%的资金。麻省理工学院承诺提供所需资金的剩余41%。麻省理工学院的中子活化实验室致力于对岩石和矿物进行化学分析。这是美国为数不多的此类设施之一，可供校外和麻省理工学院的研究人员使用。中子活化法是快速、准确测定稀土元素、钍和元素周期表中许多其他元素的首选方法。这些分析构成了地球物质地球化学研究的核心资料。

This award provides 59% of the funds required for the acquisition of equipment components to upgrade the neutron activation laboratory in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is committed to providing the remaining 41% of the required funds. The neutron activation laboratory at MIT is dedicated to the chemical analysis of rocks and minerals. It is one of a small number of such facilities in the U.S. and is available for use by off-campus as well as MIT researchers. The neutron activation method is the method of choice for rapid and accurate determination of the rare-earth elements, thorium and many other elements of the periodic table. Such analyses constitute the core data in geochemical studies of earth materials.