SGER: Repair and Upgrade of High Resolution ICP-MS Facility at the University of Southern Mississippi

这个授予南密西西比大学的小额探索性研究补助金为现有的高分辨率电感耦合等离子质谱仪提供急需维修和升级的支持。该设备用于各种学术和政府科学家的元素分析，其中许多人从事时间敏感的项目，缺乏合理的分析替代方案。USM设施特别用于对天然水域中的痕量元素进行低水平分析。卡特里娜飓风过后，它可能受到水损坏和电力问题的影响，这里提供了修复资金。还建议为电力调节器提供支助，以防止该区域电力不稳定造成进一步损害，特别是在修复和重建遭到飓风破坏的建筑物和基础设施的情况下。修复工作将允许继续分析现有积压的样本，并分析国家科学基金会和其他机构支助下收集的与卡特里娜飓风影响有关的样本。更广泛的影响：这里提供的支持将使人们能够研究卡特里娜飓风的影响，特别是对自然水域的影响。它将支持研究生研究项目，以及PI与美国各地和中国的同事正在进行的国内和国际合作。*

0606818Shiller This Small Grants for Exploratory Research award to University of Southern Mississippi provides support for urgently-needed repair and upgrade of an existing high resolution inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometer. The facility is used for elemental analysis by a wide variety of academic and government scientists, many of whom are engaged in time-sensitive projects, and lack reasonable analytical alternatives. The USM facility is used particularly for low-level analysis of trace elements in natural waters. It suffered from possible water damage and power problems in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, for which funds are provided here for repair. Support is also recommended for a power conditioner to prevent further damage from unstable power in the region, particularly as repair and rebuilding of hurricane-damaged buildings and infrastructure continues. Repairs will allow continuation of analysis of the existing backlog of samples, as well as analysis of samples related to impacts of Hurricane Katrina being collected under NSF and other agency support. Broader Impacts: Support provided here will enable research on impacts of Hurricane Katrina, especially on natural waters. It will support graduate student research projects, as well as ongoing national and international collaborations between the PI and colleagues around the US and in China.***