Acquisition of a Noble Gas Mass Analysis System

这个奖项提供了获得一个贵族所需资金的64% 气体质谱仪系统安装和操作， 俄亥俄州州立大学地质科学系。的 大学致力于提供必要的剩余资金。 该设备的主要用途将是地球化学 利用钾的放射性衰变进行研究和教学， 用于测定矿物和岩石地质年龄的氩气。

This award provides 64% of the funds needed to acquire a noble gas mass spectrometer system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geological Sciences at the Ohio State University. The University is committed to providing the necessary remaining funds. The principal use of the equipment will be for geochemical research and teaching using the radioactive decay of potassium to argon for dating geologic ages of minerals and rocks.