Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer for Environmental and Material Sciences at Penn State

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱仪（ICP-AES）是一种灵敏度高、用途广的仪器，可用于测定溶液中多种常见元素的浓度。 通过提供确定浓度水平的有效手段，这种分析工具在研究原始和污染岩石、沃茨和废物中主要和微量元素的归宿、迁移和反应性方面是不可或缺的。 在宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU），ICP-AES是本科生和研究生研究和培训的重要仪器。 来自美国国家科学基金会和能源部的这笔赠款将用于购买Perkin-Elmer Optima 5300 DV ICP-AES系统，总包装成本约为87，000美元。 宾州州立大学将保证永久高级化学家的工资来运行该设施。 在本提案所代表的所有学院中，课程已经到位或可供学生使用ICP-AES进行分析。 例如，在地球科学系，估计每年约有20-50名学生接触到ICP-AES实验室，对当地的沃茨和土壤进行环境分析。 此外，每年来自各PSU学术部门和其他大学的多达50名用户在许多研究或课程项目中使用这种仪器，每年约1100小时。 这种仪器的可用性将鼓励和刺激PSU教师在环境和材料研究领域的许多项目，并鼓励来自周边学院和大学的教师进行研究。

The inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) is a sensitive and versatile instrument for measuring the concentration of many common elements in solution. By providing an efficient means of determining levels of concentration, this analytical tool is indispensable in studying the fate, transport, and reactivity of major and trace elements in pristine and contaminated rocks, waters, and wastes. At Penn State (PSU), ICP-AES is an important instrument for research and training for undergraduate and graduate students. Funds from this grant from both the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy will be used to purchase a Perkin-Elmer Optima 5300 DV ICP-AES system for a total package cost of about $87,000. Penn State will guarantee the salary of the permanent senior chemist to run the facility. Within all Colleges represented in this proposal, coursework is in place or accessible for introduction of students to analysis using ICP-AES. For example, in the Department of Geosciences, it is estimated that approximately 20-50 students per year are exposed to the ICP-AES laboratory for environmental analysis of waters and soils from the local area. Additionally, up to 50 users per year from various PSU academic departments and other universities make use of this instrumentation in a number of research or class projects, for approximately 1100 hours/year. The availability of such an instrument will encourage and stimulate many projects in the area of environmental and materials studies among PSU faculty, and also encourage research by faculty from surrounding colleges and universities.