MRI/RUI: Acquisition of a GC/MS System for Enhancement of Research/Teaching at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂的德克萨斯农工大学化学系将获得主要研究仪器(MRI)项目颁发的这一奖项，并将获得一台气相色谱-质谱仪(GC/MS)。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括a)对杀虫剂和其他疑似内分泌干扰物进行半定量分析；b)根据沉积脂成分分析气候模式；c)对水生生物对环境污染物的反应进行机理研究；d)开发一种新的空气采样技术，使用固体环糊精捕获不稳定的挥发性多环芳烃。气相色谱-质谱仪(GCMS)是一种用于复杂混合物的分离和分析的非常强大的技术。该仪器将大大加强德克萨斯农工大学-科珀斯克里斯蒂的环境化学科学研究，这是一所主要是本科生的机构。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi will acquire a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC/MS). This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) the semiquantitative analysis of pesticides and other suspected endocrine disruptors; b) analysis of climate patterns based on sedimentary lipid components; c) mechanistic studies on aquatic organisms' response to encironmental contaminants; and d) development of a novel air sampling technique that uses solid cyclodextrins to trap unstable volatile polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometric detection (GCMS) is an extremely powerful technique used for the separation and analysis of complex mixtures. This instrument will substantially strengthen scientific research in environmental chemistry at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a primarily undergraduate institution.