Acquisition of a Multicollector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校（UIUC）将获得一台多收集器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（MC-ICP-MS），以服务于地质系和校园其他地方的高度多样化的研究人员。这种新仪器将在PI的研究和教学计划中发挥关键作用，这些计划侧重于岩浆生成动力学、古气候研究、环境地球化学（地下水受硒和铬污染）和考古追踪（原始人和人工制品）。该设备将为来自两个核心研究小组的研究生提供现代仪器的基本培训，并为来自其他研究小组的学生提供关键方法的宝贵经验。该工具支持的一些研究对环境问题有直接影响。

EAR-0320597JohnsonThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will acquire a multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) to serve a highly diverse community of researchers in the Geology Department and elsewhere on campus. This new instrumentation will play a key role in the research and teaching programs of the PI's that focus on the dynamics of magma generation, paleoclimate studies, environmental geochemistry (contamination of groundwater with selenium and chromium), and archeological tracing (hominids and artifacts). The equipment will provide essential training on modern instrumentation for graduate students from two core research groups, and valuable experience with key methods for students from other research groups. Some of the research supported by this instrument has direct impacts on environmental issues.